In Assima Kokou Innocent & 6 Ors V. Rep. of Togo (2013) unreported this court held that “before it concludes on the issue of occurrence of human rights’ violation, the concrete proof of the fact upon which the Applicant base their claims must be established with a high degree of certainty, or at least, there must be a high possibility of the claim appearing to be true, upon scrutiny. In this regard mere allegations do not suffice to elicit the conviction of the court. There is therefore no concrete evidence to support the Plaintiffs allegation of physical injuries sustained which allegation therefore fails. The Plaintiffs further allege that the AEPB and the Police Officials in the cause of the alleged arrest, verbally abused them by calling them prostitutes. This allegation was admitted in para 2.41 of the Defendant’s statement of defence wherein they submit that the Plaintiffs belong to the class of prostitutes (commercial sex workers) that are fully establish. The Defendant maintains that the Plaintiffs are prostitutes and refers to the mandate given to 1st Plaintiff by the House of Representative Committee as a confirmation of their assertion. It is trite that facts admitted need no further proof. Plaintiffs have therefore established the fact that Defendant’s Agents verbally abused and degraded them by calling them prostitutes. The issue to be addressed is whether or not the Defendant has shown reasonable ground upon which to base their assertion that the Plaintiff are prostitutes. 36

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