|. THE PARTIES 1. The Applicant, Actions pour la Protection des Droits de I'Homme, referred Human to as Rights “APDH’, presents Organization itself as established an herein-after lvorian Non-Governmental 2003, for the promotion, in March protection and defence of human rights. It also declares that it has Observer Status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission’). 2. The Respondent State, the Republic of Céte d'Ivoire, became a Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Charter on African Human Rights”) on 31 Charter on Human African Court on Human March and Peoples’ 1992, and to the Protocol to the Rights on the Establishment of an and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Protocol”) on 25 January 2004 (date of its entry into force). The Respondent State of the deposited the declaration accepting the jurisdiction Court to receive cases from individuals and non-governmental organizations on 23 July 2013. Il. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION 3. The Applicant has seized the Court with a prayer to rule that Law No. 2014335 amending Law No. 2001-634 of 9 October 2001, providing for the composition, organization, duties and functioning of the Independent Electoral Commission instruments (IEC) is not in conformity with ratified by the Respondent Charter on Democracy, “the African Charter Democracy and Good the State, international more human rights particularly the African Elections and Governance (hereinafter referred to as on Democracy”) Governance and to the ECOWAS Protocol on supplementary to the Protocol relating to 3 ‘0