I. JUDGMENT 1. This is the judgment of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS (hereinafter referred to as “the Court”) delivered virtually in open court pursuant to Article 8(1) of the Practice Directions on Electronic Case Management and Virtual Court Sessions, 2020. II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTIES 2. The first Applicant is the Senegalese League of Human Rights an association registered in Senegal in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Senegal. The Second Applicant is Amnesty International Section Senegal, a non-governmental organisation acting through its legal representative resident in Senegal. They filed the Application on their behalf and that of the Senegalese people. The first and second Applicants shall hereinafter be referred to as “Applicants”. 3. The Respondent is the Republic of Senegal, a Member State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), signatory to the ECOWAS Treaty and to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and other international human rights instruments (hereinafter referred to as the “Respondent”). III. INTRODUCTION 4. This Application is premised on the Applicants’ allegation that Order No 007580/MINT/SP of 20 July 2011, which banned all demonstrations in the area between El Hadji Malik SY Avenue and Cape Manuel as well as the vicinity of the Renaissance Monument and in front of hospitals in Senegal, is in violation of their rights and those of the Senegalese people being in 3