ECOWAS COURT FINDS NO VIOLATION IN CASE BROUGHT BY SENEGAL POLITICAL FIGURES AGAINST THE REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL

Lagos, 16 May 2025: The ECOWAS Court of Justice delivered its judgment in the case Khalifa Ababacar SALL and Others v. Republic of Senegal (ECW/CCJ/APP/51/21), brought by nine prominent Senegalese political figures who alleged violations of their civil and political rights following the dissolution of the Senegalese National Assembly and the organization of early legislative elections. It ruled that there is no sufficient evidence of violations of the Applicants’ civil and political rights under regional or international law.

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