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The subject is the alleged ineligibility of the admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the East African Community for failure to protect and promote the human rights by detaining arbitrarily, incommunicado, extra-legally and in very pitiful or squalid conditions of Samuel William Mugumya, Stephen Mugisha, Aggrey Kamukama, Joseph Kamugisha, Nathan Bright and 35 other citizens of the Republic of Uganda in various prisons and detention facilities including Ndolo Military Prison run and operated by the Democratic Republic of Congo using its agents, proxies, servant or auxiliaries under its direct command, influence and control thus failing to meet the requirements under Articles 3(3)(a) (b) and (f) of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community

RespondentTHE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA, KENYA, UNITED REPUBLIC TANZANIA, RWANDA, BURUNDI, SOUTH SUDAN AND THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE EAST AFRICA COMMUNITY
ComplainantADAM KYOMUHENDO
Date filedMay 4, 2020
CountriesBurundi , Kenya , Rwanda , South Sudan , Tanzania , Uganda
KeywordTreaty interpretation
Treaty Article

First Instance Judgment

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Appeal Judgment

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