i.
Declare that it has jurisdiction;
ii.
Declare the Application admissible;
iii.
Find that the Government of Benin did not protect its citizens during the
demonstrations before and after the 28 April 2019 elections;
iv. Declare that Assouma MAMA SEÏDOU was the subject of extrajudicial
execution by the Beninese army and that the Government of Benin is
liable for his murder;
v.
Find that the State of Benin violated Assouma MAMA SEÏDOU’s right
to demonstrate;
vi. Find that the crime of unarmed assembly is a measure restricting the
freedom of peaceful public assembly and demonstration;
vii. Order the Respondent State to stop deploying the army during public
demonstrations in peaceful gatherings;
viii. Order the State of Benin to institute serious and necessary proceedings
against its employees, members of the armed forces involved in the
murder of Assouma MAMA SEÏDOU;
ix. Order the State of Benin to repeal the Law on the Penal Code with
regard to the offence of unarmed assembly;
x.
Order the State of Benin to release all those arrested and imprisoned
during and in connection with the events relating to the 28 April 2019;
xi. Order the State of Benin to report to the Court within such period as the
Court may determine;
xii. Order the Republic of Benin to pay the sum of Two Hundred Million
(200,000,000) CFA Francs as damages;
xiii. Order the Republic of Benin to pay costs.
11. The Respondent State prays the Court to:
i.
Note that the matter was referred to the Court at the initiative of
Samiratou MAMA SEÏDOU;
ii.
Note that she has not been designated by the family or by court order
to represent the family;
iii.
Find that she does not have the power to act before the Court;
iv.
Note that at the time of considering the Application, local remedies had
not been exhausted before Ms Samiratou MAMA SEÏDOU referred the
matter to the Court;
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