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new Judgments / Rulings
22 days ago
3
new Orders
28 days ago
new Opinions
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349
212
TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS
finalised
61% finalised
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374
DECISIONS
217 Judgments & 157 Orders
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334
CONTENTIOUS CASES
198
finalised (59%)
198
/334
59%
136
pending (41%)
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9
REVIEWS
9
finalised (100%)
9
/9
100%
0
pending (0%)
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6
INTERPRETATIONS
5
FINALISED (83%)
5
/6
83%
1
pending (17%)
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15
ADVISORY OPINIONS
15
finalised (100%)
15
/15
100%
0
pending (0%)
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Individuals
310
NGOs
21
Banjul Commission
3
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE COURT
Total decisions:
374
Decision Type
Total
Rulings (Jurisdiction)
23
Rulings (Admissibility)
19
Rulings (Jurisdiction and Admissibility)
37
Judgments (Merits)
25
Judgments (Reparations)
17
Judgments (Merits and reparations)
82
Judgments (Review)
9
Judgments (Interpretation)
5
Rulings (Provisional measures)
83
Orders (Re-opening)
22
Orders (Joinder of cases)
13
Orders (Dis-Joinder of applications)
1
Orders (Amendment of Pleadings)
6
Orders (Intervention)
6
Order (Change of Title of Application)
1
Orders (Continuance of proceedings)
5
Orders (Procedure)
6
Orders (Striking out)
11
Rulings (Change of title of application)
3
Decision Type
Total
YEARLY STATISTICS
YEAR
Received | Total
Finalised by year
Total finalised | (%)
Judgments | Total
Orders | Total
2008
1
|
1
0
0
|
0%
0
|
0
0
|
0
2009
0
|
1
1
1
|
100%
1
|
1
0
|
0
2010
0
|
1
0
1
|
100%
0
|
1
0
|
0
2011
14
|
15
7
8
|
53%
9
|
10
2
|
2
2012
7
|
22
5
13
|
59%
4
|
14
0
|
2
2013
7
|
29
6
19
|
66%
8
|
22
4
|
6
2014
3
|
32
3
22
|
69%
6
|
28
1
|
7
2015
33
|
65
3
25
|
38%
3
|
31
1
|
8
2016
59
|
124
6
31
|
25%
9
|
40
22
|
30
2017
37
|
161
5
36
|
22%
9
|
49
4
|
34
2018
33
|
194
12
48
|
25%
17
|
66
4
|
38
2019
66
|
260
22
70
|
27%
28
|
94
32
|
70
2020
46
|
306
23
93
|
30%
25
|
119
34
|
104
2021
17
|
323
36
129
|
40%
35
|
154
26
|
130
2022
7
|
330
43
172
|
52%
39
|
193
18
|
148
2023
4
|
334
24
196
|
59%
24
|
217
9
|
157
Total
334
196
196
217
157
YEAR
Received | Total
Finalised by year
Total finalised | (%)
Judgments | Total
Orders | Total
JUDGES OPINIONS
Total:
145
Photo
Name
Opinions
Justice Blaise Tchikaya
29
Justice Ben Kioko
14
Justice Rafaâ Ben Achour
29
Lady Justice Tujilane Rose Chizumila
9
Lady Justice Bensaoula Chafika
33
Lady Justice Stella Isibhakhomen Anukam
3
Justice Dumisa B. Ntsebeza
2
Justice Modibo Sacko
1
Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei
5
Justice Gérard Niyungeko
10
Justice Jean Mutsinzi i
1
Justice Sophia A. B. Akuffo
3
Justice Augustino S.L. Ramadhani
2
Justice Bernard Makgabo Ngoepe
5
Justice Fatsah Ouguergouz
24
Justice Elsie Nwanwuri Thompson
5
Justice El Hadji Guisse
1
Justice Duncan Tambala
2
Justice Ângelo Vasco Matusse
3
Lady Justice Mukamulisa Marie Thérèse
2
Photo
Name
Opinions
APPLICATIONS BY RESPONDENTS
Country
Total
Finalised
pending
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
Republic of Benin
43
|
13%
20
|
47%
23
|
53%
Burkina Faso
10
|
3%
5
|
50%
5
|
50%
Republic of Cameroon
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
Republic of Gabon
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
Republic of the Gambia
4
|
1%
2
|
50%
2
|
50%
Republic of Ghana
6
|
2%
5
|
83%
1
|
17%
Republic of Kenya
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
Libya
2
|
1%
2
|
100%
0
|
0%
Kingdom of Morocco
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
Republic of Niger
1
|
0%
0
|
0%
1
|
100%
Federal Republic of Nigeria
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
Republic of Rwanda
16
|
5%
16
|
100%
0
|
0%
Republic of Senegal
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
Republic of South Africa
2
|
1%
2
|
100%
0
|
0%
Republic of the Sudan
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
United Republic of Tanzania
156
|
47%
100
|
64%
56
|
36%
The African Union
2
|
1%
2
|
100%
0
|
0%
The Pan- African Parliament
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
CIMA
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
Republic of Mali
31
|
9%
21
|
68%
10
|
32%
Republic of Malawi
10
|
3%
5
|
50%
5
|
50%
Republic of Tunisia
19
|
6%
5
|
26%
14
|
74%
Republic of Cote d’Ivoire
40
|
12%
9
|
23%
31
|
78%
Republic of Mozambique
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
Country
Total
Finalised
pending
Cases received per year
21
(Avg)
Cases finalised per year
12
(Avg)
Separate opinions
69
Dissenting opinions
64
Declarations
12
Opinions on advisory proceedings
7