THE COURT,
- Having regard to the 24 July 1993 Revised Treaty establishing the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- Having regard to the 6 July 1991 and the 19 January 2005 Protocols on the
ECOWAS Court of Justice;
- Having regard to the 3 June 2002 Rules of Procedure of Procedure of the
Court;
- Having regard to the 10 December 1948 Universal Declaration of Human
Rights;
- Having regard to the 27 June 1981 African Charter on Human and Peoples’
Rights;
- Having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
- Having regard to the Initiating Application of the above-cited Applicant,
received at the Registry of the Court on 18 December 2018;
- Having regard to the Defence of the Republic of Senegal received at the
Registry of the Court on 18 December 2018;
- Having heard each Party through their respective Counsel; and
- Upon deliberation in accordance with the law;
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
By Application received at the Registry of the Honourable Court on 13 December
2018, Karim Meissa Wade, whose Counsel was constituted by Ciré Clédor Ly and
three other barristers-at-law, brought his case before the ECOWAS Court of
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