152. On the issue of right to work, it is the case of the Applicant that the Respondent violated his human rights to work guaranteed by Articles 5, 7 and 15 of the African Charter, when Respondent removed him from his position as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia by means of an alleged illegal impeachment trial and conviction. 153. The Respondent, however, submits that part of the reasons the Applicant was removed from office both by political and legal process, was for allegedly violating the function of his office in the process of execution of his duties relating to a judgment in a trial and thus, the procedure for his removal followed the due process of the domestic law of Liberia as governed by the relevant provisions of its extant laws, particularly Section 43 of the 1986 Constitution of Liberia, and therefore no right of the Applicant was violated. 154. The material part of Article 23 (1) of the African Charter which deals with the right to work reads as follows: “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.” It is the claim of the Applicant that the Respondent has violated his above stated right to work having been appointed to the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice for life subject to the condition of service of not violating his judicial ethics. It is his further argument that he was allegedly accused of violating his terms and condition of service while performing his official judicial function of delivering a judgment in a case before him. 63

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