X v. Libya
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)CASE BACKGROUND In October 2011, Mr X (name given to him to protect his identify), a member of the Tawergha community, was arbitrarily arrested…
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Mikheyev v Russia (third party intervention)
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)Aleksey Mikheyev, a Russian traffic police officer, was detained and tortured by police in September 1998 during a murder inquiry. CASE BACKGROUND In September 1998, traffic-police officer Aleksey Mikheyev was detained in Nizhniy Novgorod during a…
Mujkanović and Others v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (third party intervention)
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)Six nationals of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ms Munira Mujkanović, Ms Asima Memić, Mr Vehidin Elezović, Mr Muharem Elezović, Ms Naila Bajrić and Ms…
Dominic Ongwen (third-party intervention)
International Criminal Court (ICC)Dominic Ongwen, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), was convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of 61 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes carried out in northern Uganda between 1 July 2002 and 31 December 2005. Following his conviction, the largest Reparations Order was issued by the ICC,…
Magdy Moustafa El-Baghdady v Republic of the Sudan
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)This case concerns the arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of Magdy El-Baghdady by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS, now the General Intelligence Service) in 2011. In 2024, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights found Sudan responsible for serious human rights violations and ordered reparation measures, including…
Arnon Nampa (third-party intervention)
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)Thai human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist Arnon Nampa (Mr Nampa) challenged the routine use of physical restraints in Thai court proceedings after he was compelled to appear in leg shackles during his sentencing hearing. The case raises concerns about cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to a fair trial…
