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Case LawAfrican Union / Regional Courts

4/88 Coordinating Secretary of the Free Citizens Convention Ghana

7 January 1970

Headnotes

Type: Decision | Keywords: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention | State: Ghana

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4/88 : Coordinating Secretary of the Free Citizens Convention/Ghana Communication about arrest and detention of persons - 25 June 1987 Final decision 1. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, established under Article 30 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; 2. Meeting at its Fourth Ordinary Session from 17 to 26 October 1988; 3. Considering that the communication is directed against a State which is not a party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; Declares the communication inadmissible” (Article 101 of the Rules of Procedure).

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