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Yogogombaye v. Republic of Senegal

African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.  15 December 2009 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

International tribunals — Jurisdiction — African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights — Access — Limitations on access by individuals — Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1998 — Requirement under Article 34(6) of Protocol for State to deposit declaration accepting capacity of individuals to bring a suit before Court — Whether Senegal depositing a declaration under Article 34(6)

Human rights — Right to a fair trial — Senegal’s criminal proceedings against Mr Habré — Whether proceedings violating the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1981 — African Union Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, 1969 — Principle of non-retroactivity of criminal law — Principle of universal jurisdiction — Whether proceedings constituting abuse of African Union’s July 2006 grant of mandate

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© Cambridge University Press 2018

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