113. Thus they urge the Court to hold that the Ministerial Order N° 7580 / MINSTSP of 20 July 2011 violates the freedom of assembly and demonstration of all the inhabitants of Senegal. 114. In its response, the Respondent argues that the Applicants failed to state that these freedoms are exercised in accordance with the conditions provided for by law. 115. They submit that while freedom of assembly is closely related to other fundamental rights such as freedom of expression and freedom of movement, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) applies the principle of lex specialis. According to this principle, when several freedoms are intertwined in the context of a demonstration, it is from the point of view of the law most relevant to the facts that the situation should be approached. The other rights should be seen as the lex generalis. It should be noted that unlike European countries, Senegal has enshrined the freedom of demonstration, which reinforces the lex specialis in this case. 116. They further submitted that the Court is not competent to examine the decree of the Minister of the Interior of July 20, 2011 or to verify its conformity with the international obligations of Senegal. They therefore urge the Court to reject the claims of the Applicants. ****** 117. Article 11 of the African Charter which guarantees the right to freely assemble with others provides thus: “Every individual shall have the right to assemble freely with others. The exercise of this right shall be subject only to necessary restrictions provided for by law, in particular those 36