The Human Rights Law Index is a collection of international treaties and case law from African courts on topics relating to human rights. The case selection aims to provide a snapshot of human rights law in a country, as well as within the African Union. The index currently covers over 1000 documents.
Get started by selecting a topic from the drop-down menu on the left, and then select which jurisdiction you're interested in. Or, you can leave this section blank to see a cross-section of documents from across Africa.
Make your selections from the choices on the left| Court | Title | Case citation (MNC) | Judgement Date | Summary |
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| Supreme Court of Zambia | Attorney General v Mofya (SC) (NULL) [1995] ZMSC 15 (21 March 1995); | [1995] ZMSC 15 | 21 Mar 1995 | Torture cruel inhuman or degrading treatment //W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN> THE ATTORNEY... |
| Supreme Court of Zambia | Attorney General and Another v Amedeus and Others (S.C.Z. JUDGEMENT No. 26 of 1995) [1995] ZMSC 39 (29 November 1995); | [1995] ZMSC 39 | 29 Nov 1995 | Assembly Association Workers Index FOA HR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE LABOUR COMMISSIONER v... |