In the Judgment that was read on 28 th November 2019, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights found as a consequence that the mandatory provision and imposition of the death sentence under Tanzania’s Penal Code does not uphold fairness and due process as guaranteed under Article 7(1) of the African Charter. The Court further held that, the mandatory death sentence for murder in Section 197 of the Tanzanian Penal Code constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of the right to life and therefore that the Respondent State has violated Article 4 of the Charter. The Court therefore made a consequential order that the Respondent State undertakes the necessary measures to repeal from its Penal Code, the provision for the mandatory imposition of the death penalty in cases of murder. The Court also awarded each of the Applicants an amount of Tanzanian Shillings Four Million (TZS 4,000,000) for moral damages.