LEGAL ACTION WORLDWIDE, PAN-AFRICAN LAWYERS UNION AND DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON SECURE PROVISIONAL MEASURES RELIEF FOR TIGRAYAN VICTIMS IN LANDMARK HUMAN RIGHTS CASE AGAINST ETHIOPIA
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The landmark case was brought in February 2022 before the African Commission by Legal Action Worldwide (LAW), the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU), and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP , on behalf of the Tigrayan victims.
Key Points:
- The landmark case was brought in February 2022 before the African Commission by Legal Action Worldwide (LAW), the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU), and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP , on behalf of the Tigrayan victims.
- Along with its decision on seizure, the African Commission granted urgent provisional measures aimed at protecting Tigrayan civilians from the risk of irreparable harm.
- The African Commission has found that a State's failure to implement provisional measures was itself a violation of the Charter.
- In issuing these provisional measures, the African Commission recognizes that the situation in Tigray, and elsewhere in Ethiopia, remains critical.