TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................... i
I.
THE PARTIES..................................................................................................... 2
II.
SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION ..................................................................... 3
A. Facts of the matter ........................................................................................ 3
B. Alleged violations .......................................................................................... 3
III.
SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT .............................. 4
IV.
PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES............................................................................. 4
V.
JURISDICTION ................................................................................................... 5
A. Objection to material jurisdiction ................................................................... 6
B. Other aspects of jurisdiction.......................................................................... 8
VI.
ADMISSIBILITY ................................................................................................ 10
A. Objection based on failure to exhaust local remedies ................................. 11
B. Objection on the ground of failure to file the Application within a reasonable
time ............................................................................................................. 14
C. Other admissibility requirements ................................................................. 16
VII. MERITS ............................................................................................................ 17
i.
Alleged violation of the right to be provided free legal assistance .......... 18
ii.
Allegation relating to the Respondent State’s failure to notify the
Rwandese Embassy of the Applicant’s arrest and incarceration ............ 20
iii. Allegation relating to the failure to consider evidence ............................. 24
iv. Allegation that the case was not proven beyond reasonable doubt ........ 27
VIII. REPARATIONS ................................................................................................ 28
A. Pecuniary reparations ................................................................................. 30
i.
Material prejudice ................................................................................... 30
ii.
Material prejudice suffered by indirect victims ........................................ 31
iii. Moral prejudice ....................................................................................... 32
B. Non-pecuniary reparations.......................................................................... 34
i.
Release from Prison ............................................................................... 34
ii.
Non-repetition ......................................................................................... 36
IX.
COSTS .............................................................................................................. 37
X.
OPERATIVE PART ........................................................................................... 37
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