Wakilii

Weldehaimanot v Eritrea (Communication 349-07)

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights · [2015] ACHPR 4 · 2015 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Request for withdrawal of communication before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Decision
Communication withdrawn by Complainant and struck off the Commission's List

Observed later treatment

No later-treatment classification is recorded for this judgment.

Citator coverage is limited to judgments in the Wakilii corpus and source-matched treatment records. Absence of a signal is not an assertion that the case remains good law.

AI-generated summary. This summary was generated by AI from the full text of the judgment. It may contain errors or omissions—always read the source judgment before relying on it.

Holding

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights granted the Complainant's request to withdraw Communication 349/07, which alleged violations of the African Charter by Eritrea. The Complainant cited the length of time taken to adjudicate cases as the reason for withdrawal. The Commission struck the Communication off its List of Communications and declared the matter closed.

Outcome

Communication withdrawn by Complainant and struck off the Commission's List

Facts

Simon Weldehaimanot submitted a communication against Eritrea on 24 August 2007, alleging violations of Articles 2, 7, 12(2), 18(1) and 26 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on his own behalf and on behalf of Eritrean youths. The Communication was seized during the Commission's 43rd Ordinary Session in May 2008. The Respondent State submitted a Preliminary Objection in February 2009. Procedural correspondence continued between the Secretariat and the parties through 2013 and 2014, with the Respondent State requesting extensions to file written submissions on admissibility. On 13 March 2015, the Complainant wrote to the Secretariat requesting withdrawal of the Communication owing to the length of time taken to adjudicate cases.

Issues

  1. Whether the Commission should grant the Complainant's request to withdraw the Communication.

Orders

  • Communication struck off the Commission's List of Communications.
  • Communication declared closed.

Legislation cited (5)

  • African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Article 2
  • African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Article 7
  • African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Article 12(2)
  • African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Article 18(1)
  • African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Article 26

Full judgment

↓ Download PDF

The original judgment as reported. Read the original PDF before relying on any passage.

Weldehaimanot v Eritrea (Communication 349-07) [2015] ACHPR 4 (7 August 2015)
Source: this page presents Wakilii’s issue analysis and metadata for a publicly reported Ugandan judgment. Any AI-generated summary is marked as such. Judgment text is sourced from the Uganda Legal Information Institute (ulii.org). Wakilii is not affiliated with ULII.