The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has overruled a lawsuit filed by Ghanaian musician Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly referred to as Shatta Wale, in opposition to the Republic of Ghana and its Gaming Fee. The courtroom discovered that Shatta Wale failed to offer adequate proof to help his claims of discrimination and rights violations associated to an alleged obstruction of an endorsement take care of a Ghanaian betting firm.
Shatta Wale argued that Ghana’s Promoting Tips—particularly Guideline VII, which prohibits celebrities from showing in playing commercials—unfairly focused him and violated protections below the African Constitution on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
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Nevertheless, the courtroom famous that he didn’t determine the gaming firm concerned or present any proof of communication with the agency or proof that Ghanaian authorities intervened to dam the deal. Moreover, he didn’t current examples of different celebrities in related circumstances being handled in another way, thereby undermining his discrimination declare.
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The ruling was issued by a panel comprising Presiding Justice Ricardo Cláudio Monteiro Gonçalves, together with Justices Sengu Mohamed Koroma and Dupe Atoki.
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The courtroom additionally expressed concern over the anonymity of the gaming firm on the centre of the dispute, stating that granting aid with out figuring out this third get together would breach the courtroom’s procedural guidelines. Though the courtroom affirmed its jurisdiction over the matter and deemed the appliance admissible, it in the end dismissed the case for lack of advantage.
