the officials of the Defendant is a violation of their property rights as provided under Article 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and this Court has the jurisdiction to entertain their claim by virtue of Articles 9(4) and 10(d) of the Supplementary Protocol of the Court. Laws Applicable 20. In Article 19 (1) of the first Protocol, the Court is enjoined to apply, as necessary, the body of laws as contained in Article 38 of the Statutes of the International Court of Justice. Article 38 of the Statutes states: "The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance with international law such disputes that are ·, submitted to it, shall apply: a) international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting states; b) international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law; c) the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations; d) subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations, as subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law. 2. This provision shall not prejudice the power of the Court to decide a case ex aequo et bono, if the parties agree thereto." 21. Articles 9(4) and 10(d) of the Supplementary Protocol on the Court, 2005; Article 4(g) of the Revised Treaty of ECOWAS; and Article 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and all other international laws on human rights with the jurisprudence emerging thereto. In that regard as stated in Article 38 of the Statute of International Court of Justice, this Court shall apply same as and when relevant in the determination of this case. 7