IV.
PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES
15. The Applicants pray the Court to find that their rights had been violated and
to order the Respondent State to pay them the sum of Thirty-Three Billion
Nine Hundred and Fifty-Five Million Three Hundred and Forty-One
Thousand One Hundred and Sixty-Two (33,955,341,162) CFA Francs,
which breaks down as follows:
i.
Eight Hundred and Twelve Million Four Hundred and Eighty-Eight
Thousand (812,488,000) CFA francs as compensation for loss of
customary rights awarded by the Court of Appeal of Abidjan;
ii.
Four Hundred and Twenty-Eight Million Ninety-Four Thousand Seven
Hundred and Eighty-Nine (428,094,789) CFA francs as statutory interest
in respect of the compensation amount;
iii. Twenty-Nine Million Three Hundred Forty-Nine Million One Hundred
Thousand (29,349,100,000) CFA francs as cash compensation in
respect of the expropriated land;
iv. Two Billion (2,000,000,000) as compensation for material damage owing
to loss of investment opportunities: CFA francs;
v.
One Billion (1,000,000,000) CFA francs as compensation for moral
damage:
vi. Eighty Million (80,000,000) CFA francs for lawyers' fees in respect of
local remedies:
vii. Eighty-Two Million Six Hundred Thousand (82,600,000) CFA francs as
lawyers’ fees in respect of the action before this Court;
viii. One Hundred and Six Million Two Hundred Thousand (106,200,000)
CFA francs in respect of fees paid to a real estate expert to evaluate the
market value of the land; and
ix. Ninety-Six Million Eight Hundred and Fifty-Eight Thousand Three
Hundred and Seventy-three as costs of enforcement of court decisions
or costs of proceedings: (96,858,373) CFA francs.
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