States | Ghana |
Date | October 31 , 1996 |
Session | 20th Ordinary SessionOctober 21 to October 31 , 1996 |
Outcome: | |
Violated Articles: | Articles: 6, 7.1d |
Alleged violated articles : | Articles: 6, 7 |
Non violated articles : | Articles: 12.2 |
African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) – illegal arrest and detention of Ghanaian citizen for allegedly cooperating with political dissidents.
Exemption for rule on exhaustion of local remedies: in instances where it is “neither particle nor desirable” to require complainants to exhaust these.
Whether the respondent is in violation of the following guaranteed rights under ACHPR: Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest; Right to Fair Trial; Right to Freedom of Movement.
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