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The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice is set to deliver judgments in
nine of the pending cases before it in the external session of the court
in Abidjan.
A statement by the court made available to the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, said that the session
would begin on April 18.
According to statement, 41 cases of
alleged human rights violations against member states would be handled
by the court during the week-long session in Abidjan.
The cases before the court were filed against the governments of Cote
d’ivoire, Niger, Nigeria, Togo and the ECOWAS Commission for alleged
human rights violations.
The court is also expected to deliver
rulings in three other cases of human rights violations against Liberia
and Nigeria and hear 29 other cases including one from a former Foreign
Minister of Burkina Faso, Mr Djibril Yipene Bassole.
The cases of
alleged human rights violations were brought against Benin, Burkina
Faso, Cote d’ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger,
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo and ECOWAS Commission.
The external
session of the court is one of its annual activities through which it
seeks to improve citizen access and create awareness about the court.
(NAN)
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