JUDGMENT
PARTIES
1.
The 1st Applicant/Plaintiff, Tidjane Konte is a businessman and citizen of
Republic of Mali, resident at Doumazona, Petit Paris, Bamako in Republic of Mali.
The
2nd
Applicant/Plaintiff, Mr. Issa Diawara is a businessman and a citizen of the
Republic of Mali resident at Boulkassoumbogou, Bamako in the Republic of Mali.
2.
The Respondent/Defendant is the Republic of Ghana, a Member State of the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
PROCEDURE:
3.
By an application dated 15th March 2012, signed by the Applicants
Counsel/Lawyer, and lodged at the Registry of the Court on the 4th of October,
2012, in accord with Article 32 of the Rules of procedure, the Plaintiffs sued the
Defendant, Republic of Ghana, for alleged violations of human right pursuant to
Article 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The application
was served on the Defendant, through the Attorney General of the Republic of
Ghana, on the 8th of October, 2012.
4.
The Defendant in response of the application served on them, lodged a
defense, dated 20th November, 2013, and filed on 26th November, 2013 at the
Court's Registry, in compliance with Article 35 of the said Rules of Court and
being out of the stipulated time applied for an extension of time to file Statement of
Defence.
5.
The Court, pursuant to Article 35 (2) of the Rules, granted the Defendant
extension of time to file Statement of Defense and on the 2ih of January, 2014, the
Defendant filed its Statement of Defense on points of law. The hearing of the case
was then fixed for the l2th of February 2014 and the arguments were taken on
that date at Lome, Republic of Togo and as prayed. The Court then called on
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