Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights respectively. EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW AND FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION 12. Applicants argue that they have not been treated equally before the law contrary to Articles 2 and 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Articles 2 and 26 of the International Covenant on Civil Political Rights and Articles 2 and 3 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights all of which guarantees equality before the law and freedom from discrimination. Applicants submits that the Human Rights Committee in its General Comment No. 18 at its thirty-seventh session in 1989 defines the term “discrimination” in paragraph 7 as follows: “…any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference which is based on any ground such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other status, and which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by all persons, on equal footing, of all rights and freedoms.” 13. Applicants argue that their case was treated differently from that of Agyei Twum v. The Attorney- General and Bright Akwetey [2005-2006] SCGLR 732 despite sharing similar situations. Applicants submit that in the Agyei Twum Case supra, the petition was aborted for failure to make a prior determination of prima facie case before appointing the committee to investigate and also for breach of the in camera proceedings by the petitioner. This is in line with Article 146(2), (3), (6) and (8) of the Constitution. The Supreme Court declared that the petition was still valid despite the breaches of Article 146(8) of the Constitution by the Chief Justice and the petitioner. 14. Applicants therefore submits that the decision of the Supreme Court by which it declared the petition still valid is in violation of the Applicants’ right to equality before the law and freedom from discrimination in contravention of the above stated provision of Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. RIGHT TO PRIVACY 5