C) Allegation of violation of the obligation to respect the rights of journalists and the right to freedom of expression 171. The obligation to respect the rights of journalists as far as this matter is concerned, is enshrined in article 66(2)(c) of the Revised ECOWAS “2 [... Member States of ECOWAS] Treaty, which provides that: undertake (c) to ensure respect for the rights of journalists”. Regarding the right to freedom of expression, this right is guaranteed under article 9 of the Charter and article 19(2) of the ICCPR. According to Article 9 of the Charter: “4. Every individual shall have the right to receive information. 2. Every individual shall have the right to express and disseminate his opinions within the law”. 3 For its part, article 19 (2) of the ICCPR provides that: “2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice”. 172. In their application, the Applicants allege violation of all the aforementioned provisions. They state that “in more specific terms, the murder of Norbert Zongo and his companions is a violation of paragraph 2(c) of article 66 of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty, according to which Zongo had the right to be protected against unlawful acts of aggression, resulting from, or relating to the free exercise of his profession as a journalist and to benefit from effective remedies in case such rights were violated”. “0 (@— Ww OS