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The
Court
composed
THOMPSON,
of:
Augustino
S.
L.
RAMADHANI,
Vice-President; Gérard NIYUNGEKO,
President,
Fatsah OUGUERGOUZ,
Elsie
N.
Duncan
TAMBALA, Sylvain ORE, El Hadji GUISSE, Ben KIOKO, Rafaéa BEN ACHOUR, Solomy
B.
BOSSA,
Angelo V.
MATUSSE,
Judges; and Robert ENO,
Registrar,
In the matter of;
KENNEDY GIHANA AND OTHERS
V.
REPUBLIC OF RWANDA;
After deliberations,
Makes the following Order:
I. Parties
1.
The Court received, on 22 July 2015, an Application by Kennedy Gihana and
others, (hereinafter referred to as “the Applicants”), instituting proceedings
against the Republic of Rwanda (hereinafter referred to as “the Respondent’).
2.
The
Respondent
ratified the African
Charter
on
Human
and
Peoples’
Rights
(hereinafter, referred to as “the Charter’) on 22 July 1983, and the Protocol to the
Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on
on Human
the Establishment of an African Court
and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Protocol ”) on 6
June 2003; and deposited the declaration accepting the competence of the Court
to
receive
cases
from
individuals
and
non-governmental
accordance with Article 34(6) of the Protocol, on 22 June 2013.
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