Xenophobia: Nigeria, Ghana should sue South Africa at African Court – Falana
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has urged Nigeria and Ghana to institute legal action against South Africa at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights over alleged xenophobic attacks and forced displacement of African migrants in the country.
Falana urged Nigeria and Ghana to approach the African Court under Article 5 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of the African Court, seeking provisional measures to prevent further attacks and aggravated damages against the South African government.
Falana, in a statement, faulted the decision by Nigeria and Ghana to report South Africa to the African Union (AU), describing the move as “diversionary and time wasting,” arguing that the continental body lacks the legal authority to compel the South African government to compensate victims of xenophobic attacks.
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