UNION AFRICAINE
AFRICAN UNION
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UNIAO AFRICANA
AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS
COUR AFRICAINE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME ET DES PEUPLES
IN THE MATTER OF
INGABIRE VICTOIRE UMUHOZA
v.
REPUBLIC OF RWANDA
APPLICATION NO. 003/2014
DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE RAFAA BEN ACHOUR
I do not subscribe to the Order issued by the Court in Application 003/2014
(Victoire lngabire Umuhoza). I indeed believe, on the one hand, that the Court was
not obliged to make an Order at this stage of the proceedings and, on the other, that
the reasons advanced by the Court do not, in my view, seem to be relevant, even
assuming that the Order is well grounded and appropriate.
I - It should be recalled that the said Application was filed before the Court on
3 October 2014 by Ms. Victoire lngabire Umohoza, relying on Articles 5(3) and Article
34(6) of the Protocol and on the declaration made by Rwanda on 22 January 2013,
accepting the competence of the Court.