1 0001 0 u 2. Considering the application dated 10 June 2019, received atthe Registry of the Court on 22 July 2019, from [Mr Doumbia lbrahim filed against the Republic of C6te d'lvoire (hereinafter referred to as "the Respondent State ,'); 3. Considering that Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, provides: "The Court may, at any stage of the pleadings, of its own volition or in response to an application of one of the parties, order the joinder where it deems it appropriate in fact and in law"; 4. Considering that, while the Applicants are different as above stated, they are represented by the same lawyer, and the Applications are filed against the same Respondent State, which is the Republic of Cote d,lvoire o 5. ConsiCering that the facts suppoffng the applicaticns are similar, since they originate from the trialof Applicants and their sentences, without representation by counsel, to twenty (20) years imprisonment by the Divo Court of First lnstance for ganging up to commit armed robbery with violence; this 2O-year sentence was reduced after appeal tc a fixed terrn of inrprisonment cf 15 years by judgment No. 141 of 21march2013 of the Second Criminal Chamber of the Daloa Court of Appeal, the judge of the second instance confirmed judgment No. 342 of 14 June2012; 6. Considering that in both proceedings, the Applicants allege that the Respondent State has violated their rights to afair trial, equality and dignity, the right of access to justice and the right to an effective remedy as set out in the o African Charter, the lnternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and that the reliefs sought are similar in nature; 7. Considering therefore that the facts in support of the applications, the alleged violations and the measures requested are similar and taking into account the identity of the Respondent State; 2