The right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial court or tribunal, Article 7(1)(d) 86. The Complainant alleges the unreasonably prolonged procedures and the partiality of the judicial authorities. In this regard, the Complainant submits that up to the time of the drafting of this merits decision, he was still waiting for a final court judgement after six (6) years of detention following his indictment on 6 August 2008. The Complainant submits that after a first period of six (6) months, his detention was extended to an additional period of twelve (12) months without him being heard even once by the examining magistrate. 87. The Complainant asserts that the several unwarranted and unlawful prosecution and investigation measures extended his detention unnecessarily while new measures were taken on the eve of the expiration of the ongoing detention period. While his detention was constantly being prolonged, the investigations justifying his detention were not conducted. Also, the various petitions filed against these measures were simply ignored or received a very late response to the point of rendering the petitions useless. 88. In order to prove the partiality of the prosecuting and investigating authorities, the Complainant maintains that there was an abuse of procedure given the numerous schemes to delay his trial. In this regard, he cites the abuse of separation whereas this measure is not provided anywhere in the Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code. The Complainant contends that despite the separation orders and the successive deferrals, the examining magistrate still did not resolve the charges which were not difficult to resolve after close to four (4) years of investigation, but rather introduced new charges by separating the charges that were the subject of the initial indictment. 24