Forum: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
INTERIGHTS' role: Co-representative
Keywords: Freedom of expression, due process, guarantees, academic freedom

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is scheduled to reach a decision on the merits of this complaint at its May 2010 session to be held in Banjul, the Gambia.

The case concerns the expulsion of a foreign academic who has been critical of the Botswana government. It raises violations of due process guarantees during the expulsion of non-nationals and highlights the importance of academic freedom as a form of protected speech.

INTERIGHTS, together with South Africa-based lawyers Anton Katz and Max du Plessis, is a co-representative of the applicant in this matter.

INTERIGHTS contact: Judith Oder, Lawyer, Africa Programme

Related links: INTERIGHTS brief (on the merits) and a further subsmission on the merits to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.