of notification of the judgment.26 In subsequent judgments, the Court
granted the Respondent State six months to implement the same decision.27
132. The Court observes in the present case that the violation of the right to life
as a result of the provision on the application of the mandatory death penalty
transcends the Applicant’s case and is of a systemic nature. The same is
true of the violation caused by the method of enforcing the sentence, namely
hanging.
133. In light of the foregoing, the Court orders the Respondent State to submit to
it periodic reports on the implementation of the present Judgment, in
accordance with Article 30 of the Protocol. These reports must describe in
detail the measures taken by the Respondent State with a view to repealing
the impugned provision of its Criminal Code.
134. The Court observes that the Respondent State has not provided any
information on the implementation of the Court’s judgments in previous
cases ordering the repeal of the mandatory death penalty and that the timelimits set by the Court have since expired. In the light of the foregoing, the
Court considers that the measures ordered are justified, being measures of
individual protection and a general reminder of the obligation and urgent
need for the Respondent State to abolish the mandatory death penalty and
to provide alternatives to it. The Court therefore holds that the Respondent
State is required to submit to it, within six months of the date of notification
of the present Judgment, reports on the measures taken to implement the
measures ordered therein.
26
Crospery Gabriel and another v. United Republic of Tanzania, AtCHPR, Application No. 050/2016,
Judgment of 13 February 2024 (merits and reparations), §§ 142 to 146; Rajabu v. Tanzania (merits and
reparations), supra, § 171 and Henerico v. Tanzania (merits and reparations), supra, § 203.
27 Damian v. Tanzania, supra, § 177(xx); Nzigiyimana Zabron v. United Republic of Tanzania,
Application No. 51/2016, Judgment of 4 June 2024 (merits and reparations), § 219 (xxi); Crospery
Gabriel and another v. United Republic of Tanzania, ACtHPR, Application No. 050/2016, Judgment of
13 February 2024 (merits and reparations), § 157 (xviii); Romward William v. United Republic of
Tanzania, Application No. 030/2016, Judgment of 13 February 2024 (merits and reparations), §98(xiii);
Deogratius Nichlaus Jeshi v. United Republic of Tanzania, ACtHPR, Application No. 017/2016,
Judgment of 13 February 2024 (merits and reparations), §124 (xv).
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