Skip to main content
Home WILDLEX

Main navigation

  • About
  • User Agreement
  • Acknowledgements
  • Other tools
    • Protected Areas Law
    • Law for Sustainability
    • Water Law and Governance Support Platform
    • ECOLEX
  • Contribute resources

User account menu

  • Log in

WILDLEX

Database of Wildlife Related Law

  • Court Decisions
  • Legislation
  • Literature
  • Resources
Found 3 search results
Show on map

Showing 3 court decisions filtered by Country (Uganda, Eswatini, Kingdom of)

Zoom in Zoom out Reset zoom Close
Sort by most recent
Sort by least recent
Sort by relevance

Attorney General v Abdul Karim Winyi

Uganda
Supreme Court of Uganda
National - higher court
1992

This appeal concerns the fate of four chimpanzees, brought from Zaire (in today's Democratic Republic of the Congo) by the Respondent. The animals are still in custody of the Uganda authorities, having been seized at Entebbe Airport as they were about to be exported to Dubai.

Peter Mcintyre and others v the King

Eswatini, Kingdom of
Court of Appeal of Swaziland
National - higher court
Criminal
2002

All three appellants have appealed against their convictions. There is no appeal against the sentences, because of the mandatory provisions of the legislation in casu. The representative of the Crown conceded Accused No. 5's appeal, due to the unsatisfactory nature of the evidence against him, specifically. Since Accused No.

Rex v Mcinitype and Others

Eswatini, Kingdom of
High Court of Eswatini
National - higher court
Criminal
2002

Accused persons were found guilty of unlawful possession of 2 horns in contravention of the Game Act. The Act prescribes that a person found guilty of the offence must either replace the game or compensate the full value of the property to the owner or government in cases where the owner cannot be established.

Search filters

Country

  • Andorra (1)
  • Australia (2)
  • Botswana (36)
  • Cameroon (227)
  • Canada (10)
  • China (13)
  • Congo (187)
  • (-) Eswatini, Kingdom of (2)
  • India (7)
  • International (4)
  • Kenya (3)
  • Malawi (5)
  • Namibia (29)
  • South Africa (31)
  • Tanzania, Un. Rep. of (205)
  • (-) Uganda (1)
  • United Kingdom (11)
  • United States of America (25)
  • Zambia (12)
  • Zimbabwe (1)

Territorial subdivision

Type of court

  • National - higher court (3)

Species

  • Black rhinoceros (1)
  • Chimpanzee (1)
  • White rhinoceros (2)

Language

  • English (3)

Year/Period

from to
Reset all filters
  • IUCN
  • GIZ

Footer menu

  • Contact