and hereby impeached in accordance with Article 43 of the Liberian
Constitution. I therefore order that the verdict of the Liberian Senate be
recorded on the minutes of this proceeding as in keeping with Article 43 of
the Liberian Constitution”. The Applicant submits that the return of guilty
verdict against him for the act of issuing a writ, a judicial function/act, violates
Article 73 of the 1986 Liberian Constitution which expressly prohibits
prosecuting a judge, civilly or criminally, on account of judicial opinions
rendered or expressed.
29. Based on the above, it is the Applicant’s case that the 1st Respondent violated
his human rights to fair hearing and impartial trial, right to work and dignity
of person guaranteed by Article 7 of the African Charter, Article 10 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as Article 43 of the Liberian
Constitution, by the purported impeachment, trial, conviction, removal and
replacement of the Applicant as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
Liberia.
30. The Applicant further claims that the 1st Respondent violated his rights to fair
hearing, dignity of his person and work under equitable and satisfactory
conditions guaranteed by Articles 5, 7 and 15 of the African Charter when the
1st Respondent removed him from his position of Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Liberia by means of illegal impeachment trial and
conviction.
31.The Applicant further submits that under Chapter VII, Article 72 (B) of the
1986 Liberian Constitution, he was guaranteed the holding and protection of
office as an Associate Justice upon good behavior until the age of seventy (70)
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