"Under International Law a State is responsible for the acts of its agents undertaken in their official capacity and for their omission, even when those agents act outside the sphere of their authority or violate internal law". In Tidjani Konte V. Republic of Ghana, this court observed that: "The State remains the sole obligator to respect, protect and fulfill human rights under the Treaty and placed reliance on Article 6 of the Report of the 53rd Session of International Law Commission which provides "the conduct of an organ of State shall be considered as an act of that State under International Law, whether that organ belongs to the constituent, legislative, executive, judicial or other power, whether its functions are of international or subordinate position in the organization of the State". The law is also well settled that where there is a wrong, there must be a remedy. To this end and in this context as it relates to the facts of the case and the submissions of both parties, the state is at all material times responsible for the actions and inactions of its agents. In view of the above, the contention of the Defence that they have been joined to confer jurisdiction on this court is not tenable. The Defendant for all intends and 35

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