xvi. Orders the Respondent State to take all necessary measures within one year of the notification of this Judgment, for the rehearing of the case on the sentencing of the Applicant through a procedure that does not allow the mandatory imposition of the death sentence and upholds the discretion of the judicial officer; xvii. Orders the Respondent State to take all necessary steps, within six months as from the date of notification of this judgment to remove from its laws “hanging” as a means of execution of the death penalty; xviii. Orders the Respondent State to publish this judgment, within a period of three months from the date of notification, on the websites of the Judiciary, and the Ministry for Constitutional and Legal Affairs, and ensure that the text of the judgment is accessible for at least one year after the date of publication. Implementation and reporting xix. Orders the Respondent State to submit to it, within six months from the date of notification of this Judgment, a report on the status of implementation of the decision set forth herein and thereafter, every six months until the Court considers that there has been full implementation thereof. On costs xx. Orders that each Party shall bear its own costs. Signed: Modibo SACKO, Vice President; Rafaâ BEN ACHOUR, Judge; 36

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