He therefore argued that the Defendant is both morally and legally obligated to seek his release and repatriation back to Liberia. By an application dated the 10th of July, 2014 and filed on the 18th of July, 2014, the Plaintiff sought the following reliefs from the Court, namely, A DECLARATION: 1- That the Plaintiff as a citizen of the Defendant, and its Consul General, the Defendant is morally and legally obligated to secure his release from the United States and repatriate him back to Liberia in consonance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. 2- That States have jurisdiction over their nationals, even when they are outside their borders. Accordingly, being the Consul- General of the Defendant, the Defendant is obliged to secure the release of the Applicant in line with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1961 and 1964. 3- That the arrest, trial and conviction of the Applicant and subsequent imprisonment for 135 years on the 08th of May 2002 by the Court of the United States, without Liberia securing his release and repatriation is inconsistent with the 1961, 1963 and 1964 Conventions on Consular Relations and thus violates the Applicants’ human rights. 4- That the Defendant is legally obligated to respect and uphold the rights of all its Heads of Mission and representatives, including the Applicant (Consul General and Diplomat) consistent with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. 5- That consistent with Article 6(a) to (g) of the ECOWAS Convention on Privileges and Immunities, the Applicant as Consul- General and Diplomat of the Defendant, is exempt from arrest and imprisonment by the United States, and because the Defendant is a party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, thus the p. 11