001380 IV Ms. Nkaasori Sarakikya, Assistant Director-Human Rights, Attorney General's Chamber, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Ms. Venosa Mkwizu, Principal State Attorney General's Chamber, Dar-esSalaam, Tanzania, VI Mr. Mark Mulwambo, Principal State Attorney, Attorney General's Chambers, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; vil Mr. Erisha Suku, Foreign Service Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and lnternational Cooperation, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. After deliberation, renders this Judgment I. THE PARTIES Messrs Ally Rajabu, Angaja Kazeni a/r,as Oria, Geofrey Stanley a/ras Babu, Emmanuel Michael a/ras Atuu and Julius Petro (hereinafter referred to as the "Applicants") are nationals of Tanzania who were sentenced to death for murder and are currently detained at the Arusha Central Prison. 2. The Application is flled against the United Republic of Tanzania (hereinafter referred to as the "Respondent State"), which became a party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as the "Charte/') on 21 October 1986 and the Protocol on 10 February 2006.lt also deposited, on 29 March 2010, the Declaration underArticle 34(6) of the Protocolthrough which it accepts the jurisdiction of the Court to receive cases from individuals and Non-Governmental Organisations. 2