65. The Court further notes that the Application does not contain any disparaging or insulting language with regard to the Respondent State, and thus meets the requirement of Rule 50(2)(c) of the Rules. 66. The Application is also not based exclusively on news disseminated through mass media as they are based on court documents from the municipal courts of the Respondent State, so that it complies with Rule 50(2)(d) of the Rules. 67. The Application does not raise any matter or issues previously settled by the parties in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union as view under Rule 50(2)(g) of the Rules. 68. In view of the foregoing, the Court holds that the Application is admissible. VII. MERITS 69. The Applicant alleges violation of the right to a fair trial due to lack of effective legal representation and conviction based on unreliable evidence; violation of the right to life as a result of imposition of mandatory death penalty without fair trial; and violation of the right to dignity/freedom form torture and inhuman treatment because of being on death row, contrary to Articles 4, 5, and 7 of the Charter, respectively and the corresponding provisions of the ICCPR. The Applicant also alleges that his right to be tried within a reasonable time was violated. 70. The Court will now address each of these allegations sequentially. 18