I. THE PARTIES 1. The Applicant, Mr Christopher Jonas, is a national of the United Repubtic of Tanzania, currently serving a thirty year custodial sentence at the Ukonga Prison in Dar-es-Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. 2. The Application is filed against the United Republic of Tanzania (hereinafter referred to as the "Respondent"), which became party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as the "Charter") on I March, 1984, and the Protocolto the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as the "Protocol") on 10 February, 2006. lt also deposited the declaration under Article 34(6) of the Protocol, accepting the jurisdiction of the Court to receive cases from individuals and Non- Governmental Organizations on 29 March, 2010. The Respondent has also ratified and acceded to other regional and international human rights instruments, including the lnternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (hereinafter referred to as the "Covenant") on 11 July, 1976. II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION 3. The instant Application District Court concerns Criminal Case No. 429 of 2002 before the of Morogoro; before the l{igh Coirrt of Tanzanla under reference Criminal Case No. 6 of 2005; and before the Court of Appeal of Tanzania sitting at Dar-es-Salaam, under reference Criminal Case No. 38 of 2006, in which the Applicant was found guilty and sentenced to thirty (30) years imprisonment for armed robbery, an offence punishable under Sections 285 and 286 of the Criminal Code, Chapter 16 of the Laws of Tanzania. sd 3 \:*,-* '-.,r f' (.- ./)