Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of the

Date: 07/10/2024

Subject: The decision of the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of the West African States (ECOWAS) recognized Nigeria as responsible for the violation of the rights to security, freedom of expression, reunion and assembly, and to an effective remedy, and the violation of the prohibition of torture and of inhuman and degrading treatments, with regard to the army’s violent repression during the demonstration in Lekki on 20 October 2020

Parties: Objanuju Catherine Udeh & 2 ors v. Federal Republic of Nigeria

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Personal security - Art. 11 Freedom of expression - Art. 12 Freedom of assembly - Freedom of association - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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