V. APPLICANT’S CASE a) Summary of facts 10. The Applicants allege that on 20 July 2011 the then Minister of Interior of Senegal issued Order No 007580/MINT/SP of 20 July 2011 which banned all political demonstrations in the area between El Hadji Malik Sy Avenue and Cape Manuel as well as the vicinity of the Renaissance Monument, courts and tribunals, the Senate, in front of hospitals and other designated areas of Dakar the Respondent’s capital. 11. The Applicants further alleged that they wrote a letter on 23 February 2018 to the Minister of Interior requesting a repeal of the Order on the ground that it is in violation of the rights of citizens of Senegal. However, despite acknowledging the letter and promising to consider the request, the Minister did not respond further or take any action to grant the request. 12. That four months after the letter was written, the Applicants concluded that the request was implicitly rejected by the Minister. Thus, they approached the Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Respondent seeking annulment of the Order. 13. That by a decision of 29 August 2019, the Supreme Court declared the Applicants’ appeal inadmissible for failing to comply with the legal time limit for lodging an appeal for such annulment. In doing this, the Supreme Court took into account the date of entry into force of the contested Order, which is 20 July 2011. 5