ii. Find that the Respondent State did not violate the Applicant’s rights provided under Article 7(1) of the Charter; iii. Find that the Respondent State did not violate the Applicant’s rights provided under Article 7(2) of the Charter; iv. Dismiss the Application; v. Order that the Applicant continue to serve his sentence; vi. Dismiss the Applicant’s prayer for reparations; vii. Order the Applicant to bear the cost of this Application. 13. In Response to the Applicant’s submissions on reparations, the Respondent State prays the Court to: i. Dismiss the [Applicant’s] prayers in their entirety; ii. Declare that the interpretation and application of the Protocol and the Charter does not confer criminal jurisdiction on the Court to acquit the Applicant; iii. Declare that the Respondent State did not violate the African Charter or the Protocol and that the Applicant was treated fairly and with dignity by the Respondent State during the trial and appeal proceedings in its jurisdiction; iv. Dismiss the Applicant’s prayer for reparations; v. Make any other Order this Court might deem right and just to grant under the prevailing circumstances. V. JURISDICTION 14. The Court observes that Article 3 of the Protocol provides as follows: 1. The jurisdiction of the Court shall extend to all cases and disputes submitted to it concerning the interpretation and application of the Charter, this Protocol and any other relevant Human Rights instrument ratified by the States concerned. 2. In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has jurisdiction, the Court shall decide. 6