vii. Orders the Respondent State to take all necessary measures to remove within six months of the notification of this Judgment the mandatory death penalty from its laws; viii. Orders the Respondent State to take all necessary measures within one year of the notification of this Judgment, to vacate the sentence, remove the Applicant from death-row and rehear his case on sentencing through a procedure that allows judicial discretion; ix. Orders the Respondent State to take all necessary measures within six months of the notification of this Judgment to remove “hanging” from its laws as the method of execution of the death sentence; x. Orders the Respondent State to publish this Judgment, within a period of three months from the date of notification, on the websites of the Judiciary, and the Ministry for Constitutional and Legal Affairs, and ensure that the text of the judgment is accessible for at least one year after the date of publication; xi. Orders the Respondent State to submit to it, within six months from the date of notification of this judgment, a report on the status of execution of the orders set forth herein and thereafter, every six months until the Court considers that there has been full implementation thereof. On costs xii. Orders each that each Party shall bear its own costs. Signed: Modibo SACKO, Vice President; Rafaâ BEN ACHOUR, Judge; 18

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