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Zakaria & Another (Represented by Dalia Lotfy) v Arab Republic of Egypt (Communication 629-1)

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights · [2022] ACHPR 20 · 2022 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for withdrawal of communication before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Decision
Communication withdrawn and closed at the request of the complainant

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Holding

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights granted the complainant's request to withdraw Communication 629/16 concerning allegations of death sentences imposed on two individuals in Egypt. The Commission applied its established practice and jurisprudence on withdrawal of communications and declared the communication closed.

Outcome

Communication withdrawn and closed at the request of the complainant

Facts

The complainant filed a communication on 27 May 2016 on behalf of two persons sentenced to death in Egypt, among twelve others whose sentences were upheld on 12 September 2015. The victims were accused of belonging to ISIS membership approximately two months before its formation. The complainant alleged the sentences were upheld by a judge appointed to a Special Circuit Court established contrary to Egyptian judicial proceedings law to try dissidents. The complainant further alleged systematic violations of human rights by the respondent state, including mass detentions, special court trials, killings in protests and prisons, and mass death sentences. The Commission was seized of the communication during its 20th Extra-Ordinary Session in June 2016. On 17 May 2021, the Secretariat informed the complainant the communication would be struck out for want of diligent prosecution. On 19 May 2021, the complainant requested withdrawal and discontinuation of the communication.

Issues

  1. Whether the Commission should grant the complainant's request to withdraw the communication.

Orders

  • Request for withdrawal granted.
  • Communication declared closed.

Rules and key headnotes

Human Rights — African Commission Procedure — Withdrawal of Communications
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights may grant a complainant's request to withdraw a communication in accordance with its established practice and jurisprudence where no objection exists to such withdrawal.

Legislation cited (1)

  • African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

Cases cited (4)

  • Simon Weldehaimanot v Eritrea (Communication 349/07)
  • Ayatulla Alaa Hosny v Arab Republic of Egypt (Communication 603/16)
  • Emil Touray and Saikou Jammeh v Republic of The Gambia (Communication 705/18)
  • Lado James Paul, Ayume Dada & Others v Republic of South Sudan (Communication 736/20)

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Zakaria & Another (Represented by Dalia Lotfy) v Arab Republic of Egypt (Communication 629-1) [2022] ACHPR 20 (9 March 2022)
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