143. Rule 32(2) of the Rules provides that “unless otherwise decided by the Court, each party shall bear its own costs, if any”. *** 144. The Court considers, in the present case, that there is no reason to depart from the above provision and thus decides that each Party shall bear its own costs. X. OPERATIVE PART 145. For these reasons, The Court, Unanimously, On jurisdiction i. Declares that it has jurisdiction. On admissibility ii. Dismisses the objections to admissibility; iii. Declares the Application admissible. On merits iv. Holds that the Respondent State did not violate the right to equality before the law, the right to equal protection of the law and to nondiscrimination provided for in Articles 2 and 3 of the Charter read jointly with Article 26 of the ICCPR; 32