II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION A. Facts of the Matter 3. The Applicant avers that in 1995, following a fire outbreak in the premises of the Treasury of Guibéroua Municipality where he worked as Cashier, he was accused of wilfully destroying accounting documents and embezzlement of public funds. He was subsequently relieved of his duties by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment by the Gagnoa Court of First Instance. He avers that SYNATRESOR, of which he was a member, did nothing to trigger the solidarity, visitation, mutual aid and union action clauses to his benefit. The Applicant contends that things would have been different for him if SYNAT- CI had not failed to honour its trade union obligations towards him. 4. On 13 June 2018, he filed a complaint with the Abidjan Court of First Instance against SYNATRESOR seeking an order compelling SYNATRESOR to pay him the sum of Thirty-Four (34) Billion CFA francs in damages. 5. On 4 June 2020, the Abidjan Plateau Court of First Instance ruled that the defendant, that is, SYNATRESOR, which was legally established only on 17 March 2004, that is, after the events had occurred, could not appear as a defendant. Consequently, the Court declared the Application inadmissible on the grounds that SYNATRESOR lacked standing as defendant. 6. Believing that the decision of the Abidjan Court of First Instance denied him justice, the Applicant brought the present Application before this Court. B. Alleged Violations 7. The Applicant alleges the violations of his rights as follows: 3