Applicant who has already served twenty one (21) years of his thirty (30) years
prison sentence.
VII.
COSTS
43. In terms of Rule 30 of the Rules, "unless otherwise decided by the Court, each party
shall bear its own costs".
44. Taking into account the circumstances of this matter the Court decides that each
party should bear its own costs.
45. For these reasons,
The Court,
Unanimously:
(i)
Declares that it has jurisdiction to hear the instant Application;
(ii)
Declares that the Application is admissible;
(iii)
Rules that by the expression "all necessary measures", the Court was referring
to
the release of the Applicant or any other measure that would help erase
the consequences of the violations established, restore the pre-existing
situation and re-establish the rights of the Applicant;
(iv)
Rules that the expression "remedy the violations found" means "erase the
effects of the violations found" through the adoption .of the measures
indicated in point iii above;
(v)
. Rules that the term, "precluding" means, "rule out or prohibit", which, when
read together with the expression "reopening of the defence case and the