iii. Payment of damages in the amount of twenty (20) million CFA Francs
per worker, that is, a total amount of two hundred million (200,000,000)
CFA Francs for the ten (10) workers as reparation for moral and material
damages;
iv. Issuance of work certificates for seventy-one (71) persons, including the
eleven (11) people expressly mentioned in this Application, subject to a
penalty of one hundred thousand (100,000) CFA Francs per person and
per day of delay;
v.
Severance medical visits for the workers concerned subject to a penalty
of one hundred million (100,000,000) CFA Francs) for the ten (10) former
employees;
vi. Payment of half of the entitlements mentioned upon the delivery of
judgment by this Court.
17. For its part, the Respondent State prays the Court to:
i.
Declare that it lacks jurisdiction rationae materiae;
ii.
With respect to form, declare the Application inadmissible;
iii. On the merits, declare the Applicants ill-founded in their claims,
purposes and submissions; dismiss the claims outright, and
iv. Order the Applicants to pay costs.
V.
JURISDICTION
18. The Court notes that Article 3 of the Protocol provides that:
1.
The jurisdiction of the Court shall extend to all cases and disputes
submitted to it concerning the interpretation and application of the
Charter, this […] Protocol, and any other relevant human rights
instrument ratified by the States concerned.
2.
In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has jurisdiction,
the Court shall decide.
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