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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:10:47Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:10:47Z
dc.date.created 2008-09-08 en
dc.identifier.citation [2009] ZACC 15
dc.identifier.citation 2009 (10) BCLR 1052 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2009 (5) SA 345 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/3555
dc.title Von Abo v President of the Republic of South Africa en
dc.title.alternative CCT67/08 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT67/08 en
dc.date.hearing 26 February 2009
dc.contributor.judge Moseneke DCJ
dc.date.judgment 5 June 2009
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/3555/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%20%28%20117%20Kb%29-13605.pdf?sequence=29&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis Application for the confirmation of part of an order handed down by the North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria. Applicant sought an order declaring that the Government had failed to properly consider and decide his request, and that it grant him diplomatic protection relating to the violation of his rights by the Government of Zimbabwe. This Court held that diplomatic protection was the responsibility of the government as a whole, and not the President alone. ?Conduct?, as described in section 172(2)(a) did not include this category of obligations. Moreover, on the facts of this case, it was clear that it was the Department of Foreign Affairs that had purported to deal with the matter and not the President despite the applicant?s appeals to the President for diplomatic protection. For these reasons, Moseneke DCJ held that the matter had been erroneously brought to this Court and thus struck the matter off the roll.
dc.concourt.casehistory Confirmatory proceedings in terms of section 172(2)(a) of the Constitution read with Rule 16 of the Constitutional Court Rules. The applicant seeks confirmation of an order of the North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria (High Court): Von Abo v Government of the Republic of South Africa 2009 (2) SA 526 (T)


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