of the Republic, the President of the Constituent Constituent Assembly and the Head of Government. 4. It also emerges from the Application that certain decree-laws adopted sought to deprive the Constitutional Council of its prerogatives2 until the adoption of a new Constitution on 27 January 2014 by the National Constituent Assembly without prior consultation of the people by means of a referendum. 5. The Applicant avers that since then, a feeling of discontent and disenchantment has persisted among the Tunisian people, characterised by the collapse of the rule of law, disintegration of its institutions, constitutional stalemate, political crises, violence of all kinds and increasing crime. It was against this backdrop that she brought present case before this Court, challenging the adoption of a Constitution without consulting the people, and denouncing the violation of the Tunisian people’s right to self-determination. B. Alleged violations 6. The Applicant alleges violation of the following rights: i. The right of peoples to self-determination and their right to freely determine their political status, protected by Article 20 of the Charter; ii. The obligation to guarantee the independence of the courts and to establish institutions entrusted with the protection of human rights, guaranteed by Article 26 of the Charter. III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 7. The Application was filed at the Registry of the Courton 26 July 2021 and served on the Respondent State on 15 October 2021. 2 Organic Law No. 2014-014 of 18 April 2014 on the Provisional Institution for the Control of the Constitutionality of Draft Laws (IPCCPL). 3