domestic courts. The Court, therefore, finds that the Respondent State’s
responsibility has been established. The Applicant is consequently entitled
to reparations commensurate with the extent of the established violations.
77. The Court notes that the Applicants’ prayers relate to both pecuniary and
non-pecuniary reparations.
A. Pecuniary reparations
i.
Material prejudice
78. In the instant case, the Applicant prays the Court to grant him United States
Dollars Eleven Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty (USD 11,520) for the
prejudice suffered since he was arrested.
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79. 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.32 Further, this Court has held that an Applicant
bears the burden of providing evidence to support his/her claims for material
prejudice.33 The Court thus dismisses the prayer of the Applicant and does
not grant reparation for material prejudice to the Applicant.
ii. Moral prejudice
80. The Applicant prays that the Court orders the Respondent State to pay him
a total amount of United States Dollars Seventy-Two Thousand (USD
72,000) for moral prejudice. The Applicant alleges that the amount is
32
Nguza Viking (Babu Seya) and Another v. United Republic of Tanzania (reparations) (8 May 2020) 4
AfCLR 3, § 15 and Kijiji Isiaga v. Republic of Tanzania, ACtHPR, Application No. 011/2015, Judgment
of 25 June 2021 (reparations), § 20.
33 Msuguri v. Tanzania (merits and reparations), supra, § 122; Elisamehe v. Tanzania (merits and
reparations), supra, § 97 and Guehi v. Tanzania (merits and reparations), supra, § 15.
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