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November 2025
Koiki v Federal Republic of Nigeria (ECW/CCJ/APP/46/21; ECW/CCJ/JUD/45/25) [2025] ECOWASCJ 39 (17 November 2025)
The respondent's failure to reconstitute its NHRC governing council violated the applicant's right to a timely fair hearing.
Human rights — Right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time (Article 7(1)(d), African Charter) — Applicability to quasi-judicial bodies (NHRC) — State responsibility for institutional inaction — Jurisdiction and admissibility of human-rights applications — Reparations: general damages and orders to ensure determination.
 17 November 2025
March 2025
Sanoh and Others v State of Guinea (ECW/CCJ/APP/38/19; ECW/CCJ/APP/49/19; ECW/CCJ/JUD/13/25) [2025] ECOWASCJ 5 (17 March 2025)
Applicants’ arrests and forcible home entries violated privacy, liberty, assembly, expression and fair‑trial rights; damages awarded.
Human rights – unlawful entry into private homes; arbitrary arrest and detention; infringement of freedom of assembly, demonstration and expression; violation of right to counsel and fair trial; remedies and damages (5,000,000 CFA per applicant); costs awarded against State.
 17 March 2025
February 2025
Abiola and Others v Federal Republic of Nigeria (Ruling) (ECW/CCJ/APP/62/22; ECW/CCJ/RUL/01/25) [2025] ECOWASCJ 4 (28 February 2025)
Applicants lacked standing to sue on behalf of the deceased absent proof of relationship or legal mandate.
Human rights jurisdiction — continuing state obligations — temporal jurisdiction; admissibility — victim status/standing under Article 10(d); not an invitation to exercise appellate jurisdiction over domestic courts; Article 9(3) limitation inapplicable to human rights cases.
 28 February 2025
Adunkpe v Council of Ministers, ECOWAS and Others (ECW/CCJ/APP/38/22; ECW/CCJ/JUD/09/25) [2025] ECOWASCJ 3 (28 February 2025)
Failure to appeal to the Council of Ministers rendered the applicant's claim inadmissible.
ECOWAS Court jurisdiction — disputes between Community and officials; admissibility — mandatory exhaustion of internal remedies; Article 73(a) Staff Regulations — appeal to Council of Ministers required despite "may"; retired staff count as officials for Court access; dismissal for failure to exhaust remedies.
 28 February 2025
Incorporated Trustees of Prince and Princess Charles Offokaja Foundation and Another v Federal Republic of Nigeria (ECW/CCJ/APP/25/23; ECW/CCJ/JUD/06/25) [2025] ECOWASCJ 9 (14 February 2025)
Court found jurisdiction but dismissed NGO’s public interest suit for inadmissibility due to failure to identify envisagable victims.
Human rights — jurisdiction under Supplementary Protocol Article 9(4) — admissibility of public interest litigation — NGO locus standi — actio popularis — requirement to envisage victim class — Dasin Hausa Dam flooding allegations.
 14 February 2025
December 2024
Adebayo v Federal Republic of Nigeria (ECW/CCJ/APP/47/23; ECW/CCJ/JUD/44/24) [2024] ECOWASCJ 25 (3 December 2024)
Court found respondent liable for torture by police, awarded compensation, and rejected statute-bar and sub-judice objections.
Human rights — Jurisdiction of ECOWAS Court over individual complaints — Statute of limitations inapplicable to individual human rights claims — Sub-judice and appellate objections — Torture and ill-treatment in custody (Article 5 African Charter) — Presumption of state responsibility for injuries in detention — Duty to investigate and prosecute — Reparations (compensation and remedial orders).
 3 December 2024
November 2024
Association Des Victimes De La Torture and Another v State of Togo (ECW/CCJ/APP/49/22; ECW/CCJ/JUD/42/24) [2024] ECOWASCJ 26 (22 November 2024)
22 November 2024