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Decided Cases

Mechanism:
ECOWAS
Year of Decision:
2015
Country:
Nigeria
Issue:

Right to Life and Integrity, Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment, Right to Liberty, Right to Fair Trial

Outcome:

Ruled Admissible, orders Nigeria to produce arrest warrants for the disappeared persons, and conduct appropriate inquiries about the disappeared persons and to submit the inquiry report to the Court

Additional Notes:

There is no mention of IHRDA in the decision, or any of IHRDA’s lawyers. However, the case has been noted in IHRDA’s records in a 2013 report to “Global Rights” where they identified this case as a case they were supporting. The report says that “IHRDA and LEDAP” finalized the legal arguments for the case before it was filed before the ECOWAS Court in December 2012.” Based on the records it appears that IHRDA provided comments and edits to the draft that LEDAP sent to IHRDA. No follow-up decision on the merits was found online.

Mechanism:
ECOWAS
Year of Decision:
2015
Country:
Nigeria
Issue:
Right to Life and Integrity, Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment, Right to Liberty, Right to Fair Trial
Outcome:
Ruled Admissible, orders Nigeria to produce arrest warrants for the disappeared persons, and conduct appropriate inquiries about the disappeared persons and to submit the inquiry report to the Court
Citation

JUD/24/15 – Stella Ifeoma Nnalue & 20 Ors v. Nigeria

Additional Notes:

There is no mention of IHRDA in the decision, or any of IHRDA’s lawyers. However, the case has been noted in IHRDA’s records in a 2013 report to “Global Rights” where they identified this case as a case they were supporting. The report says that “IHRDA and LEDAP” finalized the legal arguments for the case before it was filed before the ECOWAS Court in December 2012.” Based on the records it appears that IHRDA provided comments and edits to the draft that LEDAP sent to IHRDA. No follow-up decision on the merits was found online.

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