TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS………………...……………………………………………………i I. THE PARTIES ..................................................................................................... 2 II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION ...................................................................... 3 A. Facts of the matter......................................................................................... 3 B. Alleged violations........................................................................................... 3 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT ............................ 4 IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES .......................................................................... 5 V. JURISDICTION .................................................................................................... 7 A. Objection to material jurisdiction .................................................................... 8 B. Other aspects of jurisdiction ........................................................................ 10 VI. ADMISSIBILITY .............................................................................................. 11 A. Objection based on failure to file the Application within a reasonable time . 12 B. Other conditions of admissibility .................................................................. 16 VII. MERITS .......................................................................................................... 17 A. Alleged violation of the right to life ............................................................... 18 i. Imposition of the death penalty .................................................................... 18 ii. Denial of discretion in the imposition of the death penalty ........................... 21 B. Alleged violation of the right to dignity ......................................................... 23 C. Alleged violation of the right to a fair trial ..................................................... 27 i. The delay between the Applicant’s arrest and her trial ................................ 27 ii. Alleged bias during the Applicant’s trial ....................................................... 30 iii. The Applicant was sentenced based on insufficient, unreliable and circumstantial evidence ...................................................................................... 32 iv. Alleged violation of the right to effective representation ............................... 34 v. Allegation that mandatory death penalty stemmed from an unfair trial ........ 38 D. Alleged violation of Article 1 of the Charter .................................................. 38 VIII. REPARATIONS .............................................................................................. 39 A. Pecuniary reparations.................................................................................. 41 i. Material prejudice......................................................................................... 41 ii. Moral prejudice ............................................................................................ 43 B. i. Non-pecuniary reparations .......................................................................... 45 Guarantees of non-repetition ....................................................................... 46 i