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It was on the basis of the above facts that the Applicant sought the following reliefs
from this Honourable Court in a suit filed against the Defendants:
A- A declaration that the dismissal of the Applicant from the Police Service of the
Defendant in 1994 and confirmed via a letter of 3rd June, 2013 is illegal, null and
void as it violates the Plaintiffs human right to fair hearing guaranteed by
Article 7 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.
B- An order mandating the Defendant to reinstate the Applicant and pay him all his
outstanding salaries, benefits and entitlements.
C- An order, awarding general damages of $25,000,000.00 (twenty five million
dollars) being general damages for the embarrassment, mental and
psychological trauma and death of his mother as a result of preventable disease
to which the Plaintiff was subjected as a result of his illegal dismissal from the
Police Service of Sierra Leone.
Before examining the substance of these requests, the Court must consider whether
the case is appropriately before it. In a long line of cases the Court have stated that for
an application before it to be entertained it must neither be anonymous or pending
before another International Court or Tribunal.
More specifically, Article 11 of the 1991 Protocol A/P.1/7/91 relating to the Court
provides that “cases may be brought before the Court on an application addressed to
the Court Registry. The Application shall set out the subject matter of the dispute and
the parties involved and shall contain a summary of the argument put forward as well
as the plea of the Plaintiff.
Similarly, Article 33 of the rules of procedure of the Court, provides that:
An application of the kind referred to in Article 11 of the Protocol shall state:
a- The name and address of the applicant
b- The designation of the party against whom the application is made
c- The subject matter of the proceedings and summary of the pleas in law on which
the application is based