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 ........................................................................................ 5 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT .............................. 5 IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES............................................................................. 7 V. JURISDICTION ................................................................................................... 9 VI. A. Objection to temporal jurisdiction .............................................................. 10 B. Other aspects of jurisdiction ..................................................................... 12 ADMISSIBILITY ................................................................................................ 13 A. Objections based on non-exhaustion of local remedies............................ 14 i. Objection on the ground that the Applicants did not exhaust available remedies............................................................................................ 14 ii. Objection on the ground that the national courts were not seized by the PWA individually................................................................................ 19 B. Other conditions of admissibility ............................................................... 23 VII. MERITS ............................................................................................................ 27 A. Alleged violation of the right to non-discrimination .................................... 28 B. Alleged violation of right to life .................................................................. 37 C. Alleged violation of the prohibition against torture and cruel, degrading and inhumane treatment .................................................................................. 46 D. Alleged violation of the right to inherent dignity ........................................ 52 E. Alleged violation of the right to an effective remedy.................................. 56 F. Alleged violations of the rights and welfare of the child ............................ 59 i. Alleged violation of the right not to be subjected to abduction, sale and trafficking of children ......................................................................... 59 ii. The right related to the best interests of the child .............................. 64 iii. Alleged violation of the right to education .......................................... 68 G. Alleged violation of the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable i