TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................. i I. THE PARTIES.................................................................................................... 2 II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION .................................................................... 2 A. Facts of the matter ............................................................................................ 2 B. Alleged violations .............................................................................................. 4 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT ............................. 5 IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES............................................................................ 5 V. JURISDICTION .................................................................................................. 8 A. Objection to material jurisdiction ....................................................................... 8 B. Objection to temporal jurisdiction ...................................................................... 9 C. Other aspects of jurisdiction ............................................................................ 10 VI. ADMISSIBILITY ............................................................................................... 11 A. Objections to the admissibility of the Application ............................................. 12 i. Objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies ................................ 12 ii. Objection based on the failure to file the Application within a reasonable time 15 B. Other conditions of admissibility ...................................................................... 18 VII. MERITS ........................................................................................................... 19 A. Alleged violation of the right to have one’s cause heard ................................. 20 i. Alleged violation of the right to be tried within a reasonable time ................ 21 ii. Alleged violation of the right to legal representation .................................... 23 iii. Allegation that evidence was not properly examined and evaluated ........... 24 iv. Allegation that the grounds of appeal were not properly analysed .............. 26 v. Allegation relating to the defence of alibi ..................................................... 27 B. Alleged violation of the right to non-discrimination .......................................... 28 C. Alleged violation of the right not to be subjected to inhumane and degrading punishment ........................................................................................................... 29 VIII. REPARATIONS ............................................................................................... 35 A. Pecuniary reparations ..................................................................................... 36 i. Material prejudice ........................................................................................ 36 ii. Moral prejudice............................................................................................ 37 B. Non-pecuniary reparations .............................................................................. 39 i