000t91 19. On 11 September 2018, the Registry received a letter from the Applicant requesting to file further written submissions on the admissibility of the application and also providing a list of counsel who would appear for the public hearing, if any. 20. On 7 November 2018, the Registry sent a letter to the Applicant, copied to the Respondent State, informing the Applicant that the Court had denied his request to file additional submissions on the admissibility of the Application. 21. On 14 December 2018, the Registry received the Respondent State's Response to the Applicant's Submissions on Reparations and on 19 December 2018 this was transmitted to the Applicant for information. 22. On 4 February 2019, the Parties were informed that the pleadings had formally been closed. 23. On 20 March 2018 the Registry informed the Applicant that the Court would not hold a public hearing in the matter. IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 24. The Applicant prays the Court for the following On meits "a. For the Court to grant a declaration that the imposition of the mandatory death penalty on the Applicant violates Articles 4, 5 and 7 of the Charter, Articles 6(1), 7, 14(1) and 14(5) of the ICCPR and Articles 3, 5 and 10 of the UDHR. b. For the Court to grant a declaration that by failing to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to the Applicant's rights under Article 4, 5 and 7 of the Charter, the Respondent State also violated Article 1 of the Charter. c. For the Court to order the Respondent to take immediate steps to effect the prompt substitution of the Applicant's sentence of death with a sentence of life 6 @---'