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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
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