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new Orders
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366
253
TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS
finalised
69% finalised
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429
DECISIONS
256 Judgments & 173 Orders
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351
CONTENTIOUS CASES
239
finalised (68%)
239
/351
68%
112
pending (32%)
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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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16
ADVISORY OPINIONS
15
finalised (94%)
15
/16
94%
1
pending (6%)
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Individuals
325
NGOs
22
Banjul Commission
3
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE COURT
Total decisions:
429
Decision Type
Total
Rulings (Jurisdiction)
24
Rulings (Admissibility)
19
Rulings (Jurisdiction and Admissibility)
47
Judgments (Merits)
25
Judgments (Reparations)
17
Judgments (Merits and reparations)
110
Judgments (Review)
9
Judgments (Interpretation)
5
Rulings (Provisional measures)
91
Orders (Re-opening)
29
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
Order (Request for expedited procedure)
1
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
10
|
340
38
210
|
62%
38
|
231
12
|
160
2024
11
|
351
27
237
|
68%
25
|
256
13
|
173
Total
351
237
237
256
173
YEAR
Received | Total
Finalised by year
Total finalised | (%)
Judgments | Total
Orders | Total
JUDGES OPINIONS
Total:
188
Photo
Name
Opinions
Justice Modibo Sacko
2
Justice Ben Kioko
16
Justice Rafaâ Ben Achour
32
Lady Justice Ntyam Ondo Mengue
1
Lady Justice Tujilane Rose Chizumila
9
Lady Justice Bensaoula Chafika
39
Justice Blaise Tchikaya
45
Lady Justice Stella Isibhakhomen Anukam
3
Justice Duncan Gaswaga
1
Justice Dumisa B. Ntsebeza
17
Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei
6
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
|
12%
24
|
56%
19
|
44%
Burkina Faso
10
|
3%
7
|
70%
3
|
30%
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
10
|
3%
5
|
50%
5
|
50%
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
1
|
0%
0
|
0%
1
|
100%
Republic of Kenya
2
|
1%
2
|
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
17
|
5%
16
|
94%
1
|
6%
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
|
44%
124
|
79%
32
|
21%
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
34
|
10%
23
|
68%
11
|
32%
Republic of Malawi
13
|
4%
6
|
46%
7
|
54%
Republic of Tunisia
23
|
7%
7
|
30%
16
|
70%
Republic of Cote d’Ivoire
40
|
11%
14
|
35%
26
|
65%
Republic of Mozambique
1
|
0%
1
|
100%
0
|
0%
Country
Total
Finalised
pending
Cases received per year
21
(Avg)
Cases finalised per year
14
(Avg)
Separate opinions
70
Dissenting opinions
75
Declarations
43
Opinions on advisory proceedings
7