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of SOLEIL FM radio station. He submits in conclusion that he has direct interest in
all the companies in which he is majority shareholder.
51 . He also submits that it is on the basis of that capacity that he has pleaded economic
damages resulting from the Respondent State's determination to really ostracise
him and to ruin him economically.
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52. The Court notes that its personal jurisdiction covers locus standi, which is the legal
title under which a person is vested with the power to submit a dispute to a court".
53. In this respect, the Court recalls that it has already held that: "...as a human and
peoples' rights court, it can make a determination only on violations of the rights of natural
persons and groups mentioned in Article 5 of the Protocol , to the exclusion of private or
public law entities."
54. In the instant case, the Court notes that the Applicant brought his Application
before the Court in his personal capacity and not as a representative of legal
entities and that the rights alleged to have been violated are individual rights . It
further notes that, despite the fact that the Applicant is a majority shareholder and
chief executive officer of companies, his action does not concern the other
shareholders nor the business relations that link them, nor any irregularity in the
existence or functioning of the said companies. The Applicant's action tends to
presume that his rights have been violated and to seek reparation of the
consequences thereof or of the direct damage that he might have suffered
personally as a result of the said violations.
See Dictionary of International Public Law (Dictionnaire de droit international public) , edition Bruyant ,
Bruxelles 2001. p. 916.
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of Cote d'lvoire, (hereinafter referred to as the "Jean-Claude Roger Gombert v. Republic of Cote
d'lvoire JUdgment, Admissibility") § 47.
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