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Applicant being sentenced to 20 years in prison violated his right to a fair trial and the
right not to be tried twice for the same cause, holds that the Applicant is entitled to
appropriate reparation.
77.The Court notes that the reparation being claimed includes the expenses incurred on
behalf of four other members of his family. With regard to the latter, the Court deems
it necessary to determine the links between them and the Applicant.
78.Generally, to award reparation to persons otherthan the Applicant, the latter must
prove the relationship between the said persons and herself or himself.
79. The
Court notes that no identification document to justify the kinship ties between the
Applicant and the persons whom he claims are members of his family was tendered
for the appreciation of the Court. However, it is apparent from the copies of air tickets
attached to the file that Goudjo lda Afiavi is Ajavon's wife and that Ronald, Evaella
and Ludmilla are named as Ajavon Ronald and Misses Evaella and Ludmilla Ajavon.
The Court also notes that according to the medical report prepared by the medical
psychologist of the Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire de Saint-Denrs in France,
S6bastien Ajavon, lda Afiavi, Ronald, and Ludmilla were received at the clinic in their
respective capacity as father, wife and children. The Court concludes that these four
persons have direct family ties with the Applicant and the alleged expenses must be
taken into account.
80.The Court notes that in its remarks on this request, the Respondent State did not
challenge the direct family link between the persons concerned and the Applicant.
81.|n the present case, the Court notes that the Applicant submits as evidence of the
expenses relating to his exile, five (5) air tickets at the price of One million five hundred
and eighty-one thousand nine hundred (1,581,900) cFA francs each, bought on behalf
of the Applicant himself, his wife Ajavon Goudjo lda Afiavi, his son Ajavon Ronald, as
well as his daughters Ajavon Evaella and Ajavon Ludmilla.
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