iii. Other symbolic reparations
411. The Applicants pray the Court to order other symbolic reparations that it
may deem appropriate.
412. The Respondent State prays the Court to reject this request.
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413. The Court notes that the Applicants have requested for “other symbolic
reparations, however, the Court recalling its jurisprudence, notes that a
judgment can constitute a sufficient form of reparation.118
414. In the instant case, the Court observes that its judgment, constitutes a
sufficient measure of satisfaction and therefore, rejects the prayer for other
symbolic reparations.
iv. Publication of the judgment
415. The Court recalls that Article 27(1) of the Protocol gives it power to “make
appropriate orders to remedy” violations. In the circumstances, the Court
reaffirms that it can, by way of reparations, order publication of its decisions
where the circumstances of the case so require.119
416. The Court observes that for reasons now firmly established in its practice
and in the peculiar circumstances of this case, publication of this Judgment
is necessary.120 The Court notes that the alleged violations herein are
serious and massive and affect a particular section of the population.
Furthermore, the ignorance of some of the members of the society in the
Respondent State has been noted, making it imperative for this judgment to
be widely circulated.
118
Mtikila v. Tanzania (reparations), § 45 and Armand Guehi v. Tanzania (merits and reparations),
supra, § 194.
119 Legal and Human Rights Centre and another v. Tanzania, Judgment, supra, § 180.
120 Idem, § 182; Habyalimana Augustino and Muburu Abdulkarim v. United Republic of Tanzania,
ACtHPR, Application No. 015/2016, Judgment of 3 September 2024, § 249.
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