scheme covers the costs and expenses incurred by EALS in representing
the Applicants.
156. Resultantly, the Court does not find any reason for departing from its
established practice and thus orders that each Party will bear its own costs.
X.
OPERATIVE PART
157. For these reasons:
THE COURT
Unanimously:
On jurisdiction
i.
Dismisses the objection to its material jurisdiction;
ii.
Declares that it has jurisdiction.
On admissibility
iii. Dismisses the objection to the admissibility of the Application;
iv. Declares the Application admissible.
On merits
v. Holds that the Respondent State did not violate the Applicants’ right
to non-discrimination under Article 2 of the Charter;
vi. Holds that the Respondent State did not violate the Applicants’ right
to equality and equal protection of the law under Article 3 of the
Charter;
vii. Holds that the Respondent State did not violate the Applicants’ right
to fair trial under Article 7(1) of the Charter;
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