000813 Mr. Abubakar MRISHA, Senior State Attorney; V Ms. Blandina KASAGAMA, Foreign Service Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, vt East Africa and lnternational Cooperation. after deliberation, renders the following Judgment I. THE PARTIES 1. Mr. Kenedy lvan (hereinafter referred to as "the Applicant") is a national of Tanzania, currently serving a 30 years prison sentence at the Butimba Central Prison for the offence of armed robbery. 2. The Application is filed 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 Charter") on 21 October 1986 and to the Protocol on 10 February 2006. Furthermore, the Respondent State, on 29 March 20'10, deposited the Declaration prescribed under Article 34(6) of the Protocol, through which it accepts the jurisdiction of the Court to receive applications from individuals and NGOs. II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION A. Facts of the matter 3. The Application originates from the judgment of 8 February 2006 in Criminal Case No. 157 o12005 in the District Court of Ngara; judgment oI23 May 2007 in Criminal Appeal No. 31 of 2006 of the High Court of Tanzania and judgment of 17 February 2012 in Criminal Appeal No. 178 ot 2007 of the Court of Appeal e. 2 5 /Y2