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Country:
Niger Year: 2008
Court: Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States
Citation: Hadijatou Mani Koraou v. The Republic of Niger, (2008) AHRLR 182, ECOWAS.
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Sexual and reproductive health,
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to liberty and security of person
Facts: In 1996, the plaintiff, Mrs. Hadijatou Mani Koraou, was sold at the age of 12 to 46-year-old Mr. El Hadj Souleymane Naroua, for the sum of two hundred and forty-thousand francs. This transaction occurred as a “Wahiya,” a common practice in the Republic of Niger, which consists in acquiring a young girl, generally of servile status, to serve as both …Read more
Tags: Child marriage,
Children,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Domestic abuse,
Domestic partnership,
Humiliating treatment,
Inhuman treatment,
Minor,
Sexual abuse,
Sexual assault,
Torture
