I – The parties and their representation By initiating Application filed at the Registry of the ECOWAS Court of Justice on 3 March 2017, Mrs. Nazaré Gomes de Pina, living at 13 place des Dahlias Carrières sous Poissy (France), and whose Counsels are Barrister Assane Dioma Ndiaye, Lawyer registered with the Bar in Senegal and Barrister Abdoulaye Tine, Lawyer registered with the Bar in Paris, came before the Court with a human right violation case against the Republic of Guinea Bissau, an ECOWAS Community Member State, which is represented in the instant procedure by its Minister of Justice, and the General Prosecutor of the State. II – Summary of the facts and procedure Mrs. Nazaré Gomes de Pina averred that her husband Joao Bernado Vieira was elected the President of Guinea Bissau in October 2008. As from the month of November 2008, following the victory of Carlos Gomes Junior at the Legislative Polls, some soldiers who mutinied tried to kill him, by firing at his official residence with heavy artillery. It was during one of these attempt that President Vieira was finally killed on 2March 2009, when an attack was lunched in his official residence by soldiers, who, after killing him with automatic rifle, decapitated his corpse with machetes. Plaintiff/Applicant further stated that since these tragic events occurred, the political authorities that came to power in succession have not showed any will to shed light on these happenings. It was sequel to this situation that she decided to come before the ECOWAS Court of Justice. By Application filed at the Registry of the Court on 8 September 2017, Eden Jaoa Gomes de Pina Viera, Joao 2