are not direct victims, can be found in Rule 33, Section 1, i I - paragraph (d) of the African Court on Hun1an and Peoples' Rights Rules. 61. With the same purpose to ease access to Justice on Human Rights issues by the most vulnerable individuals and by impoverished communities, have means . to lodge which, most of time, do not a complaint by themselves, in particular when the opposite party is a very powerful entity, the ECOWAS Court of Justice has reiterated in many instances that, in case of serious human rights violation, a Non-Governmental Organization may enjoy standing to file a complaint on their behalf or to join them in the same _, . ------i""'''"·'·'".. complaint, even if the applicant has not been directly -· v·r affected by the violations it is complaining of. See this Court's decision in Registered Trustees of the Socio- Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) V. The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria & 8 Ors. 62. In the light of the above, the objection on the standing of - the plaintiffs cannot therefore be sustained.