Article 7 of the African Charter, it follows that any implementation of the death sentence imposed on the applicants by the Supreme State Security Emergency courts will therefore amount to an arbitrary deprivation of life. 232. However after careful consideration of Articles 7 and 26 and the wordings of article 4, the African Commission is of the view that article 4 of the Charter has not been violated. The victims are still under the custody of the Respondent State, through a process that denied them due process and are not yet executed. 233. For these reasons, the African Commission holds as follows: (a) That the Respondent State – Republic of Egypt has violated the provisions of Articles 5, 7 (1) (a), (d) and 26 of the African Charter; (b) that there has been no violation of Article 4 of the African Charter; The African Commission therefore calls on the Respondent State; I. II. Not to implement the death sentences; Calls on the Respondent State to adequately compensate the victims in line with international standard; III. Reform the composition of the State Security Emergency Courts and ensure their independence; IV. Take measures to ensure that its law enforcement organs particularly the police respect the rights of suspects detained in line with article 5 of the Charter; V. Calls on the Respondent State to harmonize the State Security Emergency Laws with a view to bringing it in conformity with the Charter and other international legislations and regional norms and standards VI. VII. Calls on the Respondent State to release the victims; Calls on the Respondent State to submit the African Commission within 180 days from the date of receipt of this decision (in line 71

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