provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union in fulfilment of Rule 50(2)(g) of the Rules. 53. The Court, therefore, finds that all the admissibility requirements of Rule 50(2)(b) of the Rules have been met and that this Application is admissible. VII. MERITS 54. The Applicant alleges the violation of his rights to equality before the law and equal protection of the law guaranteed under Article 3(1)(2) of the Charter, the right to dignity guaranteed under Article 5 of the Charter and the right to a fair trial guaranteed under Article 7 of the Charter. The Court will now examine these allegations in turns. A. Alleged violation of the right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law 55. The Applicant simply alleges that the Respondent State violated his right to be treated equally before the law and to be provided with equal protection before the law. * 56. The Respondent State on its part avers that Article 13(1) of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania provides that all persons are equal before the law and are entitled without discrimination to protection and equality before the law. It further contends that there was no violation of the Applicant’s rights provided under Article 3 of the Charter and Article 13 of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977. 57. According to the Respondent State, the Applicant was charged with murder, and was presumed to be innocent. He was present at his trial, and was provided with free legal representation throughout the trial by two Advocates at the High Court and one Advocate at the Court of Appeal. He was also 16