on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Protocol”) on 25
January 2004. Furthermore, the Respondent State, on 23 July 2013, deposited
the Declaration provided for in Article 34(6) of the Protocol (hereinafter referred to
as “the Declaration”) by virtue of which it accepted the jurisdiction of the Court to
receive applications from individuals and Non-Governmental Organizations
having observer status before the Commission. On 29 April 2020, the Respondent
State deposited with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission an
instrument of withdrawal of its Declaration. The Court held that such a withdrawal
has no bearing on pending cases and on new cases filed with it before the
withdrawal came into effect one year after the said instrument was deposited, that
is, on 30 April 2021.
II.
SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION
3.
On 2 December 2021, the Court delivered a judgment (hereinafter the
Judgment"”) in Application No. 034/2017: Kouadio Kobena Fory v. Republic of
Côte d'Ivoire1. Following the Judgment, the Applicant filed an application for
review (hereinafter referred to as "the Application") on 17 January 2022, claiming
that he had discovered new and erroneous facts which in his view, constitute new
evidence.
III.
BRIEF BACKGROUND OF THE MATTER
4.
In the initial Application filed with the Court on 8 November 2017, the Applicant
alleged that the Respondent State violated his rights to a fair trial, physical and
moral integrity, dignity and privacy, liberty and security of the person, as well as
his right to work, to remuneration and to landed property.
1
Kouadio Kobena Fory v. Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, ACtHPR, Application No. 034/2017, Judgment of 2
December 2021 (Merits and Reparations).
2