IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 13. The Applicants pray the Court to order the Respondent State to take the following measures to remedy their incarceration, namely: i. Presidential pardon; ii. Commutation of their twenty (20) years’ prison sentence to a less severe sentence; iii. Conditional release; iv. Amicable settlement; and v. Financial compensation for the harm suffered due to the unfair judicial decisions handed down on them. 14. The Respondent State prays the Court to: i. Declare that it lacks jurisdiction to hear the Application; ii. Find that the Application does not meet the admissibility requirements under Article 56(5) of the Charter; iii. Dismiss the Application and all of the Applicants’ requests. V. JURISDICTION 15. The Court notes that Article 3 of the Protocol provides: 1. The jurisdiction of the Court shall extend to all cases and disputes submitted to it concerning the interpretation and application of the Charter, this […] Protocol, and any other relevant human rights instrument ratified by the States concerned. 2. In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has jurisdiction, the Court shall decide. 16. According to Rule 49(1) of the Rules, “[t]he Court shall conduct preliminary examination of its jurisdiction […] in accordance with the Charter, the Protocol and these Rules.” 5

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