Tetevi is a Regional Correspondent for OxHRH and future pupil barrister at 25 Bedford Row in London. He is currently a consultant for individuals and organisations bringing claims before various international courts including the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, sub-regional African courts and the European Court of Human Rights.
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The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic: An Update
For decades, political instability and human rights abuses have plagued the Central African Republic (CAR). The most recent conflict began in 2013, when an alliance of rebel militias known as "Séléka", whose members are mostly Muslim, ...
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Affirms the Right to Access Documents Necessary for Appeals
On 7 December 2018, the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights delivered its judgment in the case of Mgosi Mwita Makungu v. Tanzania. This judgment affirms states’ obligations to provide access to documents as part of an ...
ECOWAS Court Rules that use of Military Tribunals to Prosecute Civilians in Nigeria Violates Right to Fair Trial
On 29 June 2018 the Court of Justice for the Economic Community of West African States (‘ECOWAS Court’) handed down its judgment in the case of Gabriel Inyang & another v Federal Republic of Nigeria . This decision has placed ...
Treaty Amendments and Access to Justice at the East African Court
On 31 March 2017 the East African Court of Justice (‘the Court’) handed down its judgment in the case of Steven Deniss v The Attorney General of Burundi et al.. This judgment deals with important questions regarding the Court’s power ...
Minorities suffer as the Supreme Court supports ‘suspicionless’ stop searches
In Roberts v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Another, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which authorises ‘suspicionless’ stop searches, does not ...
