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order the Respondent State to pay the entire cost of the proceedings
to Counsel Sont6 Emile, Barrister at the Court, as of right."
16.
ln its Response, the Respondent State prays the Court to
"declare the Application inadmissible;
declare the Applicant unfounded;
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declare and rule that there has not been any human rights violation by
the Respondent State;
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dismiss the Applicant's claim for damages
order the Applicant to pay the entire cost of the proceedings"
ON JURISDICTION
17. Pursuant to Rule 39 (1) of the Rules, the
Court "shall conduct preliminary
examination of its jurisdiction". The Court must, in that regard, satisfy itself that it
has personal, material, temporal and territorialjurisdiction to hear the instant
Application.
18.
The Court notes that the Parties do not contest its jurisdiction, and that in light
of the evidence on file, the jurisdiction is established as indicated hereunder:
Personaljurisdiction: the Application was filed on 11 July, 2016, that
is, subsequent to the dates mentioned herein-above. The
Respondent State ratified the Protocol and deposited the Declaration
prescribed under Article 34 (6);
Material jurisdiction: the Applicant alleges mainly the violation of the
provisions of the Charter and of the ICCPR, instruments to which the
Respondent State is a Party.
Temporal jurisdiction: the alleged violations started prior of the deposit
of the declaration, but continued thereafter, that is, up to 5 June, 2014,
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