ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ruled that Kano State’s blasphemy laws breach Nigeria’s international human rights obligations, particularly the right to freedom of expression.
Delivering its verdict on Wednesday, on case no: ECW/CCJ/APP/41/23, the court struck down two provisions of Kano State’s legal code as incompatible with regional and international human rights standards.
The case, filed by Nigerian NGO, Expression Now Human Rights Initiative, challenged the constitutionality of laws that have resulted in arbitrary arrests, detentions, and death sentences for alleged blasphemy.