Communication 18-88, 1688 & 1788 El Hadj Boubacar Diawara v Benin
Communication 18-88, 1688 & 1788 El Hadj Boubacar Diawara v Benin.pdf
18/88 : El Hadj Boubacar Diawara/Benin (joined with 16/88 and
17/88)
Complaint
1. The communication No. 18/88 was submitted by Mr El Hadj Boubacar Diawara. He had been
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detained without charge or trial from 18 February 1982 for a period of more than 7 years.
Furthermore, he reports the arbitrary detention of 7 others, one of whom died in prison 11 months after
imprisonment. All detainees, he claimed, were tortured while imprisoned.
Finding
2. Notices of hearing was sent to the parties, but only the representative of the Government of Benin
appeared. The Commission decided that since the Complainant has referred his complaint to the
courts in Benin, where it is now pending, the Commission declared the communication inadmissible for
want of exhaustion of local remedies, under Article 56.5 of the Charter and Article 103(1)(f) of the
Rules of Procedure .