7. On 20 March 2017, the Republic of Togo filed at the Registry of the Court an exceptional Memorial and a Memorial in defence; 8. The case came up for hearing on 31 January 2018, then was postponed to 5 February 2018, to inform the parties; 9. At the hearing of 5 February 2018, all the parties appeared in court. Following the arguments presented by parties, the case went for deliberations, for judgment to be entered on 17 May 2018. II. FACTS-CLAIMS AND PLEAS – IN – LAW BY PARTIES 10. By Application filed at the Registry of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS on 11 January 2017, Mr. AGBETOGNON Koffi, who was represented by the Collectif des Associations contre l’Impunité au Togo (CACIT), came before the Court, and sought from the Court: To declare and adjudge that: - The State of Togo, through the actions of its security officers, who arrested him, beaten and handcuffed Applicant with a view to extracting fact from him on his involvement in the theft of telecommunications gadgets, has violated the provisions of Article 21(1) and (2) of the Togolese Constitution, Articles 4 and 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human 3