The Human Rights Law Index is a collection of international treaties and case law from African courts on topics relating to human rights. The case selection aims to provide a snapshot of human rights law in a country, as well as within the African Union. The index currently covers over 1000 documents.
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Make your selections from the choices on the left| Court | Title | Case citation (MNC) | Judgement Date | Summary |
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| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Singombe and Siababwa (Criminal Case No. 9 of 1936) [1936] ZMHCNR 1 (31 December 1936); | [1936] ZMHCNR 1 | 31 Dec 1936 | Admissibility of evidence of second confession in cases where evidence of an earlier confession is... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Luhila (A Criminal Review Case of 1936) [1936] ZMHCNR 2 (31 December 1936); | [1936] ZMHCNR 2 | 31 Dec 1936 | Person setting stakes as trap on public path with intent to cause harm to any person using path—no... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Sikopo John (A Criminal Review Case of 1936) [1936] ZMHCNR 3 (31 December 1936); | [1936] ZMHCNR 3 | 31 Dec 1936 | Housebreaking—maximum sentence seven years imprisonment—sentence of ten years imprisonment, in... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Jam Johannes (A Criminal Review Case of 1936) [1936] ZMHCNR 4 (31 December 1936); | [1936] ZMHCNR 4 | 31 Dec 1936 | Charge of housebreaking and theft—-plea of guilty—conviction—recommendation for deportation—no... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Joseph Tembo (A Criminal Review Case of 1936) [1936] ZMHCNR 5 (31 December 1936); | [1936] ZMHCNR 5 | 31 Dec 1936 | r-v-joseph-tembo-criminal-review-case-1936.pdf (1931-1937) 1 NRLR 107 31 December 1936 |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v W.M. de Beer (A Criminal Review Case of 1936) [1936] ZMHCNR 6 (31 December 1936); | [1936] ZMHCNR 6 | 31 Dec 1936 | Charge against Composition Order Debtor of obtaining credit after date of Composition Order—... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | Gull and Kimpton Ltd v Con Lowenthal (High Court Civil Cause No. 8 of 1936) [1936] ZMHCNR 7 (31 December 1936); | [1936] ZMHCNR 7 | 31 Dec 1936 | Judgment summons under section 5 of the Debtors Act, 1869- means to pay- evidence of means to pay... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | Othelia Kresfelder v Annette Kresfelder and Others (High Court Civil Cause No. 12 of 1936) [1936] ZMHCNR 8 (31 December 1936); | [1936] ZMHCNR 8 | 31 Dec 1936 | Joint will- not invalid in English law- absolute gift followed by proviso amounting to condition... |