b. The right to compensation for destroyed property
97. That, on this point, the Applicants consider (wrongly) that the Court did
not take into account their right to compensation;
98. They claim, in essence, that even if their property right has not been
recognized, they must be awarded compensation for their property that was
destroyed;
99. In matters of law, compensation is understood to be financial
compensation intended to repair damage;
100. On this last point, the Applicants seek compensation for the damage
they claim suffered. They seek a revision of the Judgment.
101. In matters of law, to claim compensation for the damage suffered, it is
necessary to bring together three elements: an irregularity, a damage, and a
causal link between the irregularity and the damage.
102. But here, they cannot demonstrate that if there was damage, it was the
fault of the Republic of Niger.
103. The Applicants were evicted from land over which they had no rights
or title and refused to release of their own volition.
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