Decision of the Commission on the Merits
208. For these reasons, the African Commission finds that the Respondent State has breached the alleged provisions of Articles I, 2; 3" 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, and 18 of the African Charter.
i. urges the Respondent State to take all necessary measures to ensure that it provide effective remedies, namely, restitution, compensation, policy reforms, public apology, and legal reforms;
ii. recommend restitution to the Complainants for their original situation before the violations of the African Charter occurred.
iii. recommend that the Victims be compensated for material harm arising from the loss of the First Victim's land, businesses and properties, and non-material harm arising from physical and psychological suffering.
iv. recommend a prompt and impartial investigation into the First Victim's arrest, indictment, detention, conviction, and sentencing, and
v. recommend a public acknowledgement of the facts and a public apology for the violations of the African Charter suffered.by the Complainants.
vi. requests the Respondent State to inform the Commission within one hundred and eighty (180) days of being notified of this decision, of the measures taken to implement the present decision in accordance with Rule 125 (1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission 2020.
Done during the 78th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights held virtually from 23rd February to 8th March 2024.
