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124.
The Court considers that, as it has held in its earlier judgments,
examining an alleged violation of Article 1 of the Charter involves a
determination not only of whether the measures adopted by the Respondent
State are available but also if these measures were implemented in order to
achieve the intended object and purpose of the Charter. As a consequence,
whenever a substantive right of the Charter is violated due to the Respondent
State's failure to meet these obligations, Article
125.
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will be found to be violated.s
ln the present case, the Court found that the Respondent State violated
Article 4 of the Charter by providing for the mandatory imposition of the death
penalty in its law. The Court also found a consequential violation of Article 5 of
the Charter in respect of the execution of that sentence by hanging. The Court
notes that the Respondent State enacted its Penal Code in 1981, that is before
becoming a party to the Charter but amended the same in 2002, after the
Charter came into force. ln the instant case, fulfilling the obligation under Article
1 of the
Charter would have therefore required the Respondent State to remove
it from its laws subsequent to the entry into force of the Charter. lt did not do
so.
126.
The Court consequently finds that the Respondent State violated Article
1 of the Charter in relation to the provision of the mandatory imposition of the
death penalty in the Penal Code, and its execution by hanglng.
VIII.
REPARATIONS
127.
Article 27(1) of the Protocol provides that 'lf the Court finds that there
has been violation of a human or peoples' rights it shall make appropriate
orders to remedy the violation, including the payment of fair compensation or
reparation."
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see Armand Guehi v. Tanzania (Merits and Reparations), SS .l49-1s0. see also Kennedy owino
Onyachi and Another v. Tanzama (Merits), SS 158-159; and Alex Thomas v. Tanzania (Merits), S 135.
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