specific obligation on the Contracting States to provide a redress for
wrongs or damage prior to their ratification of the Convention.. (see §38)
125. Likewise, it follows from the jurisprudence of the Inter-American
Court contained in the aforementioned Judgment that “acts of a
continuous or permanent nature last for as long as the fact continues,
thus maintaining its lack of compliance with the international obligation
remains” and “the Court may examine and rule on other alleged
violations, which are based on facts that occurred or persisted” from the
date of recognition of its jurisdiction by the State. (see §18)
126. In a similar way, the jurisprudence of the European Court understands
that “the Court can even take into account facts prior to ratification,
provided that they can be considered as the origin of a continuous
situation that lasted beyond that date, or that are relevant to understand
facts that occurred after that date.” (See KURIC AND OTHERS V.
SLOVENIA – GC §240 -241)
127. Also according to the understanding of the European Court, “the
bodies of the Convention admit the extension of the scope of jurisdiction
ratione temporis, to situations of continuous violations that began before
the entry into force of the Convention, but which continue after that date”.
(SEE ECtHR in the case BECKER V. BELGIUM, Application No. 214/5)
128. Also with the same understanding, the African Court on Human and
Peoples' Rights in determining its temporal jurisdiction over cases of
alleged human rights violations that occurred prior to the entry into force
of the Protocol on the Court or the declaration by which Respondent
States accept the jurisdiction of the Court and the admissibility of
applications made under Article 34 (6) of the Protocol, in the case of
BENEFICIARIES OF NORBERT ZONGO AND OTHERS V. BURKINA
FASO, (see Application No. 013/2011, Ruling of June 21, 2013 in Law
Report, Vol. I, 2006-2016, page 197), noted that: 63 “(…) the relevant
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