suffered, protected by Article 7(1)(a) of the Charter, read in conjunction with Articles 26 of the Charter, 2(3) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), 2(1) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), 4(1) and 4(4)(a) of the Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa of Hazardous Wastes and the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes within Africa (hereafter referred to as “the Bamako Convention”); ii. The right to respect for life and physical and moral integrity of the person, protected by Articles 4 of the Charter and 6(1) of the ICCPR; iii. The right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health, protected under Articles 16 of the Charter 11(1), and 12(1) and (2)(b) and (d) of the ICESCR; iv. The right of peoples to a general satisfactory environment favourable to their development, protected under Article 24 of the Charter; v. The right to information, protected by Articles 9(1) of the Charter and 19(2) of the ICCPR; vi. The rights protected by the 2003 African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (hereinafter referred to as the “Algiers Convention”). III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 17. The Application was filed at the Registry on 18 July 2016 and served on the Respondent State on 13 October 2016. 18. After several extensions of time, the Respondent State on 22 November 2017 filed its Response, which was notified to the Applicants on 27 November 2017. 19. The parties filed their pleadings within the time stipulated by the Court. 20. Pleadings were closed on 15 March 2020 and the parties were duly notified. 7