REPRESENTATION OF THE PARTIES: Me Ould Salem Moustapha Said, ....................Counsel for the Applicant Le Directeur de l'Agence Judicaire de l'Etat..................Counsel for the Defendant I. JUDGMENT 1. This is the Judgment of the Court read in virtual public hearing, in accordance with Article 8(1) of the 2020 Practice Directions on Electronic Case Management and Virtual Sessions of the Court. II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTIES 2. The Applicant is Mr. Cherif Madi, born on 1st January 1956 in TADOK (Tahoua/Republic of Niger), trader, of Nigerien nationality and resident in Agadez (Niger) who has been in pre-trial detention since 13th June 2013 in Koutoukalé high security civil prison. 3. The Defendant is the State of the Republic of Niger, a Member State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and signatory to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, hereinafter the African Charter. 3