After deliberation, Renders the following Judgment: THE PARTIES Messrs SUY Bi Gohoré Emile, KAKOU Patrice, KOUADJO Frangois, YAO Gnessoa Désiré, DJEDJE Mady TRAZERE Olibe Célestine (hereinafter Guikahué N’guessan Alphonse, Maurice, KOUASS! Justin SORO referred Innocent, Kigbafori Kouamé GNONKOTE Guillaume and to as “the Applicants”) are nationals of the Republic of Céte d'Ivoire. They challenge the independence and impartiality of their country’s electoral commission. The Application is filed against the Republic of Céte d’lvoire (hereinafter referred to as “the Respondent State”), which became a Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as the “the Charter”) on 31 March 1992 and to the Protocol on 25 January 2004. On 23 July 2013, the Respondent State deposited the Declaration prescribed under Article 34(6) of the Protocol through which it accepted the jurisdiction of the Court to receive cases from individuals and non-governmental organisations (hereinafter referred to as the “Declaration”). Meanwhile, on 29 April 2020, the Respondent State deposited, with the African Union Commission, an instrument withdrawing its Declaration. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION A. 3. Facts of the matter It is alleged in the Application that between 21 January Respondent dialogue State organised a political and 26 June 2019, the process to reform the Independent Electoral Commission. Thereafter, a new law on the recomposition of the Independent Electoral Commission (herein after referred to as “IEC”) was passed by the National Assembly on 30 July 2019 and by the Senate on 2 August 2019. It was then promulgated by the President of the Respondent State on 5 August 2019 as Law N°2019-708.