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having the name withdrawn and subsequently struck out from the list of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…”
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