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individual shall have the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders
of a State provided he abides by the laW'.
70.
Prior to examining that issue, the Court notes that the Applicant no longer wishes
to pursue his two allegations that agents of the Respondent State destroyed his
documents and deported him to prevent him from pursuing his cases in domestic
courts. The Court will therefore not dwell into issues that the Applicant himself
has dropped.
71. Turning to the issue being determined, the Court observes that although
the
submissions by both Parties on whether the Applicant was wrongly arrested are
framed as alleging the violation of his right to "freedom of movement',, the
preliminary question which arises is that of the Applicant's right to residence. This
is due to the fact that, in the instant case, the issue of freedom of movement will
only arise after and if it is established that the Respondent State breached the
Applicant's right to reside in the country.
72.
Furthermore, the Court considers that this determination must be made as at the
time of the Applicant's arrest, which was on g June 2006, since he has
complained of the arrest as being the act that allegedly violated his rights.
73.
Regarding the right to residence, the Applicant avers that he was legally residing
in the Respondent State as the loss of his valid documents was duly reported to
the police who issued him with a certificate of loss. On its part, the Respondent
State submits that at the time of his arrest, the Applicant was illegally in its
territory, as confirmed by the 2 January 2014 High court's judgment in civil case
No. 1 18 of 2007, because he had no valid passport, residence permit or a pass
as required under the lmmigration Act. ln the Respondent state's view, a mere
certificate of loss, be it delivered by the Tanzanian police, cannot make his stay
legal.
74.
The Court notes that pursuant to the provisions of the Tanzania lmmigration Act,
to reside legally in th'-,.. country, a foreigner must hold a passport togetherwith
an express authorisation to stay in the form of a permit or a pass. The Applicant
does not deny that, at the time of his arrest, he had neither of the above.
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