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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| Supreme Court of Kenya | Muini v Rex thro’ Medical Officer of Health, Kiambu [1938] eKLR (Criminal Revision 21 of 1938); (28 May 1938); | 28 May 1938 | http://kenyalaw.org/caselaw/cases/view/53102 REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYA AT... | |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v J.H. Trolley (Criminal Appeal Case No. 1 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 1 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 1 | 31 Dec 1938 | Kidnapping- Penal Code section 226- native servant conveyed beyond limits of Territory and... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Adolph Wiesmann (Criminal Review Case No. 34 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 2 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 2 | 31 Dec 1938 | Employment of Natives Ordinance (Gap. 62) section 82- conveying natives for service outside... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Mwila (Criminal Review Case No. 41 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 3 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 3 | 31 Dec 1938 | Penal Code section 317- uttering as and for a subsisting and effectual document a document the... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Kasonde (Criminal Review Case No. 91 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 4 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 4 | 31 Dec 1938 | Preliminary inquiry- murder- charge reduced during course of proceedings to manslaughter- charge... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Muyapekwa (Criminal Review Case No. 16 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 5 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 5 | 31 Dec 1938 | Severity of sentence- housebreaking and theft (six charges), theft (six charges) and escape- total... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Mona alias Nailosi (Criminal Review Case No. 80 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 6 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 6 | 31 Dec 1938 | Assault occasioning actual bodily harm- Penal Code section 220- accused not defended- defence of... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Mutufike and Mandyata (Two Criminal Review Cases of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 7 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 7 | 31 Dec 1938 | Northern Rhodesia Crown Lands and Native Reserves (Tanganyika District) Order in Council, 1929,... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Mwenye and Mzingo (Criminal Review Case No. 143 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 8 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 8 | 31 Dec 1938 | Several sentences imposed upon same person in separate and distinct trials- each sentence within... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v D.G. Styles (Criminal Appeal Case No. 47 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 9 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 9 | 31 Dec 1938 | Theft of motor- car- con. Penal Code section 243- two 'persons charged together- both concerned in... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Changala and Two Others (Criminal Review Case No. 50 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 10 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 10 | 31 Dec 1938 | Preliminary inquiry- Subordinate Court (Class III)- murder- Criminal Procedure Code, Part VII-... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Sandongo Malicopo Lumbala (Criminal Review Case No. 86 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 11 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 11 | 31 Dec 1938 | Escape- con. Penal Code section 101- severity of sentence- sentence reduced on review. 1931-1937-2... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | Massey Harris Co. (S.A.) Ltd. v Chiao Stores (High Court Civil Cause No. 11 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 12 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 12 | 31 Dec 1938 | Credit sales to Natives Ordinance (Cap. 54)- goods supplied to defendant firm owned by natives-... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | George Nobel Stewart v The Lusaka Management Board (Civil Appeal Cause No. 4 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 13 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 13 | 31 Dec 1938 | Kaffir path- Townships Ordinance Cap. 120- street- highway- grand pit- legal duty of owner towards... |
| High Court of Northern Rhodesia | R v Nelson Siame alias Peter Kafwimbe (Criminal Appeal Case No. 1 of 1938) [1938] ZMHCNR 14 (31 December 1938); | [1938] ZMHCNR 14 | 31 Dec 1938 | Deportation order must contain a specific command. 1931-1937-2-nrlr-148.pdf (1938-1942) 2 NRLR 148... |