II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION A. Facts of the matter 3. It emerges from the record that, on 21 April 2013, the Applicant accompanied by other perpetrators, who are not part of this application, broke into the house of a woman and stole money and property. The Applicant and his accomplices also raped the woman and fled the scene of the crime. 4. Subsequently, the Applicant was arrested and charged alone with one count of armed robbery contrary to section 287A of the Penal Code and one count of rape contrary to section 130 and 131 of the Penal Code. 5. On 8 April 2014, in Criminal Case No. 44 of 2013, the District Court convicted the Applicant and sentenced him to serve a thirty (30)-year term of imprisonment for each of the offences and ordered the sentences to run concurrently. 6. Aggrieved by his conviction, the Applicant appealed to the High Court of Tanzania at Bukoba in Criminal Appeal No.45 of 2014. On 7 May 2015 the High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the conviction and sentence. 7. The Applicant then appealed to the Court of Appeal of Tanzania at Bukoba in Criminal Appeal No. 278 of 2015. The Appeal was dismissed in its entirety on 16 February 2016. 8. Thereafter, the Applicant filed the present Application on 29 June 2016. B. Alleged violations 9. The Applicant alleges that: i. He was not informed of the ground of arrest before being arrested by the 3