Article 2(3) of the ICCPR, Articles 3 and 5(a) of CEDAW, Article 8 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Articles 10, 11, 12 13 and 16(1) of the convention Against Torture. On their part, the Defendant after a general denial of the claims of the Plaintiffs in their defence which in most cases centered on the facts that the Plaintiffs are prostitutes, who solicit for men on the streets of Abuja and that Prostitution being a criminal offence, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) of the Defendant empowered the Police and the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) to take away Prostitutes from the streets of Abuja. More particularly, the Defendant in their pleas in law contended as follow; a) That the Court has no jurisdiction to entertain the suit on the grounds, that the Plaintiffs are Prostitutes and their action cannot be justified under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. That the jurisdiction of the Court is anchored on the violation of Human Rights occurring in Member States. That Article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights(the main plank for the Plaintiffs action prohibits deprivation of liberty and security of the Human Persons, except for reasons and conditions previously laid down by law. That the Penal Code Cap.P3 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria(LFN) prohibits the acts of Prostitution in public places and that since the arrest and detention of the Plaintiffs 22