15. On 22 March 2019, the Applicants, through the two lawyers allocated to each of them by Cornell University Law School and in collaboration with the University, furnished a joint submission on jurisdiction and admissibility only. However, on the same day, the Applicants’ lawyers in collaboration with Professor Sandra L. Babcock of the Cornell University International Human Rights Law Clinic and Director, Cornell Centre on the Death Penalty Worldwide also filed separate amended submissions on the merits, which were transmitted to the Respondent State on 27 March 2019. 16. On 17 November 2020 and 20 November 2020, Professor Sandra L. Babcock filed a supplementary memorandum in relation to the Second Applicant’s mental health status, which was transmitted to the Respondent State on 27 November 2020. 17. Despite several reminders, the Respondent State did not file its response to the amended pleadings.3 18. On 18 November 2022, the Parties were informed that the Court had rejected the request for a public hearing and that pleadings had been closed with effect from 14 November 2022. IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 19. The First Applicant prays the Court to: i. Make a declaration that the Respondent violated the Applicant’s rights under Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the African Charter; ii. Make appropriate orders to remedy the violations of the Applicants’ rights under the Charter; iii. Set aside the death sentence imposed on the Applicant and remove him from death row; 3 8 June 2019, 10 November 2020 and 16 November 2022. 6