TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................... i I. THE PARTIES.................................................................................................... 2 II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION .................................................................... 3 A. Facts of the matter ..................................................................................... 3 B. Alleged violations ....................................................................................... 3 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT ............................. 4 IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES............................................................................ 5 V. JURISDICTION .................................................................................................. 6 VI. ADMISSIBILITY ................................................................................................. 8 A. Objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies .............................. 9 B. Other conditions of admissibility .............................................................. 11 VII. MERITS ........................................................................................................... 13 A. Alleged violation of the right to non-discrimination ................................... 13 B. Alleged violation of the right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law ................................................................................................. 15 C. Alleged violation of the right to dignity ..................................................... 16 D. Alleged violation of the right to a fair trial ................................................. 18 VIII. REPARATIONS ............................................................................................... 19 A. B. Pecuniary reparations .............................................................................. 21 i. Material prejudice .............................................................................. 21 ii. Moral prejudice .................................................................................. 22 Non-pecuniary reparations ...................................................................... 23 i. Setting aside sentences of life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane, and restoration of liberty .......................................................... 23 ii. Amendment of law to ensure respect for dignity ................................ 24 iii. Claim for medical and psychological rehabilitation of the First Applicant ....................................................................................................... 25 IX. COSTS ............................................................................................................. 26 X. OPERATIVE PART .......................................................................................... 26 i