8. On 6 August 2019, both the Application and the Applicant’s submissions on reparations were served on the Respondent State. 9. On 24 October 2019, the Registry drew the Parties’ attention to the provisions of Rule 55 of the Rules,3 under which the Court may render a Judgment in default should the Respondent State fail to file a Response within the prescribed time-limit. 10. After several extensions of time, the Respondent State filed its response and the same was notified to the Applicant on 20 December 2022 together with a request to file his Reply within thirty (30) days of receipt. The Applicant did not file his Reply. 11. Pleadings were closed on 24 January 2023 and the Parties were duly notified. IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 12. The Applicant prays the Court to make appropriate order(s) to remedy the violation of his rights by ordering his release from prison and payment of compensation for each year he spent in custody, computed on the basis of the income ratio of a citizen in the Respondent State. 13. In his submissions on reparations, the Applicant further prays the Court to grant the following orders: i. Under Article 27 of the Protocol, my basic reparation is my acquittal from the custody immediately after the court find merit of the to remedy more violation. Thus, the order of the court for the acquittal may be included reparation of the payment by assessment and consideration of the period I have staying in the custody per the national ratio of a citizen income per year on each year. [sic] 3 Rule 63 of the Rules of Court, 2 June 2020.