7. The Applicants further allege the following violations under the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the UDHR”): i. The right to an effective remedy for acts violating fundamental rights, as protected under Article 8; ii. The right to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal guaranteed under Article 10; iii. The right to a social and international order in which rights and freedoms can be fully realized enshrined under Article 28 and; iv. The prohibition against engaging in activities that undermine the rights and freedoms in the Declaration, as enshrined under Article 30. III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 8. The Application, together with a request for provisional measures, was filed on 23 May 2024. 9. On 28 July 2024, the Registry informed the Applicants of the registration of the Application and requested them to provide further information in relation to the decision(s) complained of. 10. On 12 August 2024, the Registry requested the Applicants to provide proof of the registration status of the NGO, Campaign for Social Justice and Constitutional Democracy in Africa, one of the Applicants, as well as its observer status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”). 11. In an email response submitted on 13 August 2024, the Applicants, through their counsel, indicated that the NGO Campaign for Social Justice and Constitutional Democracy in Africa did not have observer status before the Commission. They further indicated that they were “readily disposed to having the name withdrawn and subsequently struck out from the list of parties…” 7

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