JUDGMENT
I
PARTIES
Mr. BADINI Salfo, born 1st April 1965 at Bourzanga/K.ongoussi,
a Burkinabe national, who lives in secteur 24 of the NongrMassom district of the Commune of Ouagadougou, Rue 24.88
whose Counsel is Barr. H. Diallo, Lawyer, Lawyer registered with
the Bar in Burkina Faso, who lives in Song-Naba at secteur 16 of
the Boulmiougou district of the Commune of Ouagadougou, Rue
16,273, Immeuble des cailloux, 1er étage au- dessus de Ruben's
Pressing, 01 BP 6529.
THE REPUBLIC OF BURKINA FASO, who was represented by
its Agent, Mr. Bruno Bamouni, residing at Agence Judiciaire du
Trésor
located
at
3rd
Floor
of
Bati1nent
B of the Directorate General of Treasury and Public Accounts,
Secteur 4, Quatier KOULOUBA, 806 Avenue de l'Indépendence,
Avenue du Trésor, Commune de Ouagadougou,
PROCEDURE
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· 1. By Application filed at the Registry of the Court on 3 De6JU-Jer
2010, which was rectified on 13 December 2010, Mr. Badini
Salfo, through his Lawyer Barr. H. Diallo, Lawyer registered with
the Bar in Burkina Faso, brought a case before the Court, seeking
that the Court should note ,the violation by the Republic of
Burkina Faso, of his fundamental human rights, as guaranteed
(1b)ofofthethe
African
Charter
on
under Articles 3 (2), 5, 6 and 77 (1b)
African
Charter
on Human
and Peoples' Rights, as well as a plea that the Court should
order his immediate release, and the cessation of the said
violations, by Burkina Faso.
2. Following the second service of the initiating Application effected
on it, on 6 May 2011 , upon request made on 11 April 2011, the
Republic of Burkina Paso, represented by its Agent, Mr. Bruno
Bamouni, the State Judicial Officer in the Public Treasury
Department, through a correspondence dated 7 June 2011, but
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