legislature. Accordingly, the Court holds that the Respondent State’s responsibility is established. It will, therefore, examine the Applicant’s requests for reparations. 112. The Applicant maintains that the Respondent State’s failure to respect the supremacy of the Constitution of 1959 and its violation of the people's right to participate in the process of adopting the new Constitution of 2014 by referendum led to the collapse of the rule of law and, by the same token, of democracy and the sovereignty of the Tunisian people. 113. She prays the Court to declare the 27 January 2014 Constitution null and void, declare that the 1959 Constitution is still in force and applicable and order that it be applied. 114. The Respondent State prays that the claim be dismissed. i. Annulment of the 27 January 2014 Constitution 115. The Court recalls that it has held that the adoption and promulgation of the 27 January 2014 Constitution without recourse to a referendum did not violate the people’s right to self-determination, so that its validity is not impaired. The Court further notes that in May 2022, that is, after its referral, the Respondent State set up a Consultative Commission to draft a new Constitution, which came into force on 16 August 2022 after it had been adopted in the referendum of 25 July 2022. 116. From the foregoing, the Court holds that the Applicant’s request seeking annulment of the 27 January 2014 Constitution is moot. 30

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