TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS…………...…………………………………………………………i I. THE PARTIES.................................................................................................... 2 II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION .................................................................... 3 A. Facts of the matter ..................................................................................... 3 B. Alleged violations ....................................................................................... 3 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT ............................. 4 IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES............................................................................ 4 V. JURISDICTION .................................................................................................. 5 VI. A. Objection to material jurisdiction ................................................................ 6 B. Other aspects of jurisdiction ...................................................................... 7 ADMISSIBILITY ................................................................................................. 9 VII. MERITS ........................................................................................................... 13 A. Alleged violation of right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law ..................................................................................................... 13 B. Alleged violation of the right to dignity ..................................................... 15 i. Allegation that the Justice of the Peace failed to order investigations into the Applicant’s alleged cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment ....................................................................................................... 15 ii. C. Allegation that the Applicant was brutalised by the police authorities 17 Alleged violation of the right to a fair trial ................................................. 19 i. On the alleged failure to provide the Applicant with effective legal representation ................................................................................... 19 ii. On the alleged failure to try the Applicant within a reasonable time .. 25 iii. On the alleged failure of the court assessors to examine the witnesses ....................................................................................................... 30 D. Violation of the right to life ....................................................................... 32 E. Violation of the right to dignity through imposition of the mandatory death penalty by hanging................................................................................... 33 VIII. REPARATIONS ............................................................................................... 34 A. Pecuniary reparations .............................................................................. 36 i. Material prejudice .............................................................................. 36 ii. Moral prejudice .................................................................................. 36 i