Media Council of Tanzania, Legal and Human Rights Centre, Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition v. Attorney General of the United Republic of Tanzania

Abstract

Human rights — Freedom of expression — Right of access to information — Freedom of opinion — Criminal sedition — Resolution of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 2010 — United Nations Human Rights Committee, General Comment No 34

Treaties — Interpretation — Application — Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, 1999 — Treaty obligations of East African Community Partner States — Human rights treaties — Obligations under regional and international human rights treaties — Compliance of Tanzanian media law with its treaty obligations — African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1981 — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966

International tribunals — Jurisdiction — East African Court of Justice — Whether Court having jurisdiction — Role of domestic courts in the interpretation of Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, 1999 — Exhaustion of domestic remedies — Whether applicable — Interpretation of Articles 30(3) and 34 of Supplementary Protocol, 2005 — Res judicata