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Case LawAfrican Union / Regional Courts

45/90 - Civil Liberties Organisation v Nigeria

9 January 1970

Headnotes

Type: Decision | Keywords: Admissibility, Forced Eviction | Outcome: Ruled Inadmissible | State: Nigeria | Provisions: None Indicated

Judgment

45/90 : Civil Liberties Organisation / Nigeria Communication on wrongful eviction of inhabitants (dated 4 October 1990). Final Decision 1. The Commission decides that local remedies have not been exhausted as required by Article 56 of the Charter and 114 of the Rules of Procedure and declares the communication inadmissible.

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