A. Pecuniary reparations
i.
Material prejudice
116. The Court recalls that for it to grant reparations for material prejudice, there
must be a causal link between the violation established by the Court and
the prejudice caused and there should be a specification of the nature of the
prejudice and proof thereof.44
117. In the instant Application, the Second Applicant submits that at the time of
arrest he was a farmer growing a variety of crops and was able to earn an
income of approximately Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Tanzanian
Shillings (TZS 650,000) per annum. He also submits that at the time of his
arrest he left properties including three hundred (300) kilograms of beans
valued at One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Shillings (TZS 120,000); one
bike valued at Sixty-Two Thousand Tanzanian Shillings (TZS 62,000); one
radio valued at Forty Thousand Tanzanian Shillings (TZS 40,000) and cash
of Six Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand Tanzanian Shillings (TZS
673,000). The Second Applicant therefore prays for the Court to order the
Respondent to pay him compensation amounting to Thirteen Million and
Twenty-Two Thousand Tanzanian Shillings (TZS 13,022,000) including the
value of the stated properties.
118. The Respondent State does not specifically respond to the Second
Applicant’s claims but generally prays that he should not be awarded
reparations.
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119. Regarding the Second Applicant’s claims, the Court notes that for the
reparation of any material prejudice arising from the violation of any right,
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Kijiji Isiaga v. Republic of Tanzania, ACtHPR, Application No. 011/2015, Judgment of 25 June 2021
(reparations), § 20.
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