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Media Council of Tanzania, Legal and Human Rights Centre, Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition v. Attorney General of the United Republic of Tanzania

East African Court of Justice.  28 March 2019 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2022

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Abstract

Human rights — Freedom of expression — Right of access to information — Freedom of opinion — Criminal sedition — Resolution of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 2010 — United Nations Human Rights Committee, General Comment No 34

Treaties — Interpretation — Application — Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, 1999 — Treaty obligations of East African Community Partner States — Human rights treaties — Obligations under regional and international human rights treaties — Compliance of Tanzanian media law with its treaty obligations — African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1981 — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966

International tribunals — Jurisdiction — East African Court of Justice — Whether Court having jurisdiction — Role of domestic courts in the interpretation of Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, 1999 — Exhaustion of domestic remedies — Whether applicable — Interpretation of Articles 30(3) and 34 of Supplementary Protocol, 2005 — Res judicata

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© Cambridge University Press 2022

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