5. On 11 March 2013, having completed the preliminary investigation, the Burkina Faso public prosecutor requested that a judicial investigation be opened against the Applicant. In the same month of March, the investigating judge charged him with murder and on 14 August 2013 issued an order (hereinafter “investigating judge’s order”) transferring the docket to the Public Prosecutor of the Ouagadougou Court of Appeal. On 11 September 2013, the latter referred the case to the Indictments Chamber seeking to indict the Applicant. 6. On 9 April 2014, the Indictment Chamber handed down a judgment committing the Applicant to trial on the charge of murder before the Criminal Division of the Ouagadougou Court of Appeal (hereinafter, “Indictment Division judgment”). 7. By judgment No. 20 of 30 June 2015 (hereinafter “Judgment of the Criminal Chamber”), the Criminal Chamber of the Ouagadougou Court of Appeal found the Applicant guilty of murder and sentenced him to death. The said sentence was subsequently commuted to life imprisonment pursuant to Article 900-1 of the Penal Code. 8. The Applicant avers that he appealed to the Supreme Court on 5 July 2015, pointing out that at the time of filing the present Application, the appeal was still pending. B. Alleged violations 9. The Applicant alleges violation of the following rights: i. The right to bring an action before domestic courts to challenge any act violating fundamental rights, protected by Article 7(1)(a) of the Charter; ii. The right to life, protected under Article 4 of the Charter; iii. The right to human dignity, protected under Article 5 of the Charter. 3