ii. A declaration that the Respondent has a duty to ensure the protection of the assembly slated for 28 March 2021 as guaranteed in Articles 10 and 11 of the African Charter; Article 21 of the ICCPR; Section 40 of the Constitution of Nigeria, Articles 3, 10, 11 and 17(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Rule 94(b) of the Guidelines on Freedom of Assembly and Association; iii. A perpetual injunction restraining the Respondent or its agents or privies from issuing any ban notice, disturbing or interfering with the rights of any person or group of persons from any part of Nigeria from holding assembly or associating with themselves as a group or part of a group in pursuance of their rights as stipulated by law; iv. An award of five hundred thousand (500,000) US Dollars as general damages and/or exemplary damages for the unlawful denial of the rights to association and assembly of the Applicants and interest therein at ten percent (10%) per month from the date of the judgment until judgment is fully liquidated against the Respondent. VI. RESPONDENT’S CASE 16.The Respondent made no submissions despite being served with the processes filed by the Applicants. VII. JURISDICTION 17.The Application is founded on the alleged violation by the Respondent of the Applicants’ rights to freedom of assembly and association as provided by Articles 10 and 11 of the African Charter and other similar provisions of the ICCPR and UDHR. The basis of the Application being an allegation of the violation of human rights, the Court holds that it has jurisdiction to 7