The Court, composed of: Imani D. ABOUD, President; Modibo SACKO, VicePresident; Suzanne MENGUE, Tujilane R. CHIZUMILA, Chafika BENSAOULA, Blaise TCHIKAYA, Stella I. ANUKAM, Dumisa B. NTSEBEZA Dennis D. ADJEI, Duncan GASWAGA and Robert ENO, Registrar. In accordance with Article 22 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Protocol”) and Rule 9(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter referred to as “the Rules”), 1 Judge Rafaâ BEN ACHOUR, a Tunisian national, did not hear the Application. In the matter of Brahim Ben Abdelhamid Mabrouk AYED Self-represented Versus TUNISIAN REPUBLIC represented by: Ali Abbas, Director General of State Litigation after deliberation, renders this Judgment: I. THE PARTIES 1. Mr Brahim Ben Abdel Hamid Ben Mabrouk AYED (hereinafter “the Applicant”) is a Tunisian national and a security officer. The Applicant alleges human rights violations in connection with the manner in which the 1 Article 8(2) of the Rules of Court of 2 June 2010. 2