By Oluboyo Taiwo Olamide Introduction Under international law, the jurisdiction of court is a frequently contested matter. This jurisdiction can be tied to several strings, it could be the invocation of a particular provision of a treaty law granting the court jurisdiction, the court’s founding document outlining its jurisdiction; the existence of a legal dispute; …
ECOWAS Court Awards the sum of $30, 000 against State of Sierra Leone for Breach of the Right to Security of Person
Hassan Kargbo and 7 others v. State of Sierra Leone, ECWICCJIJUD/37124http://www.courtecowas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ECW-CCJ-JUD-37-24-Hassan-Kargbo-vs-Sierra-Leone_ENG.pdf Facts: The applicants’ case was for the Court to find that Sierra Leone violated their right to security of person, right to life and right to an effective remedy, and to order the defendant to pay compensation for the prejudice suffered. The case arose …
Laws Criminalising Loitering Violate the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
This is the recent decision of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Advocaid Ltd V Republic of Sierra Leone ECW/CCJ/JUD/33/24. Facts of the Case The Applicant asked the court to declare that the maintenance and continued enforcement by the Republic of Sierra Leone, of laws on loitering by authorising the police to arrest any …