Trial.13 In the case in point, the Commission notes that the Complainants allege a complete failure to produce the judgment of the military court. In the case of Byagonza v. Uganda14 and Mamboleo v. DRC,15 the Commission laid the blame on the State for failure by the domestic courts to produce the judgments and took its decisions based on information submitted by the Complainant. In this particular instance, the judgment of the court has never been made available to the Complainants. 69. On the last point relating to allegations of violation of Article 7(1)(a), the Commission recalls that the African Charter guarantees the right to legal redress in spite of the express lack of a provision to that effect. The Commission spells out the content of such a right in the Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Fair Trial.16 The doctrine also recognizes the existence of a right to legal redress under the African Charter.17 Better still, the Commission has a wealth of jurisprudence in that regard18 and other regional human rights protection bodies make an extensive use of it. 70. For instance, in a very significant way, in implementing the African Charter, the ECOWAS Court of Justice adopts an approach derived from the right to legal redress in the case Manneh v. The Gambia regarding illegal detention. The adopted principle is that in terms of human rights, it would be more of a punitive redress than a just reparation. Thus, the Court was of the opinion that since such a detention had inflicted, inter alia, physical, psychological and moral pain on the Complainant, the latter had a right to compensation.19 Principles A(2)(i). Byagonza Christopher (represented by Dr. Curtis Doebbler and Ms. Margreet Wewerinke) v. Uganda Communication 365/08 paras 151-154, 168. 15 Maître Mamboleo M. Itundamilamba v. the Democratic Republic of Congo Communication 302/05 ACHPR (2013) paras 110-111. 16 Principles C(a), C(b)(2). 17 G Naldi ‘Reparations in the practice of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (2001) Leiden Journal of International Law 686-688 and H Adjolohoun Droits de l’homme et justice constitutionnelle en Afrique : le modèle béninois à la lumière de la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples Paris : L’Harmattan (2011) 58-72. 18 For instance, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa v. Angola Communication 292/04 (2008) AHRLR 43 (ACHPR 2008) paras 86-87 ; Wetsh’okonda Kosso and others v. RDC Communication 281/03 (2008) AHRLR 93 (ACHPR 2008) para 93 ; Antoine Bissangou v. Congo Communication 253/02 (2006) AHRLR 80 (ACHPR 2006) ; Kenneth Good v. Botswana Communication 313/05 (2010) AHRLR 43 (ACHPR 2010) para 245. 19 Chief Ebrimah Manneh v. The Gambia (2008) AHRLR 171 (ECOWAS 2008) paras 29-40 where the Court awarded the Complainant compensatory damages in the sum of 100 000 dollars. Also in Kadijatou Mani Koraou v. Niger (2008) AHRLR 182 (ECOWAS 2008) paras 92-96 where the ECOWAS Court of Justice considers that nine years of servitude have caused a psychological and moral pain to the Complainant and awards him compensatory damages in the sum of 20 000 dollars. 13 14 14