Judgment in Application No. 007/2023 – Democratic Republic of Congo v Republic of Rwanda

Abstract

The Applicant State alleges violation of the following rights and obligations: i. The obligation to respect and protect rights, protected under Articles 1 of the Charter and 2(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); ii. The rights to life and physical integrity, protected by Article 4 of the Charter, Article 4 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Protocol on the Rights of Women), Article 5(1) of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) and Article 6(1) of the ICCPR; iii. The right to respect for human dignity and the prohibition of slavery, slave trade, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment guaranteed by Article 5 of the Charter, Articles 3(1) and (2) of the Protocol on the Rights of Women and Article 7 and 8 of the ICCPR; iv. The right to liberty and security, protected by Articles 6 of the Charter, and Articles 9(1) and 12(1) of the ICCPR;