2. The Application is filed against the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (hereinafter referred to as “the Respondent State”), which became a party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Charter”) on 31 March 1992, and to the Protocol to the Charter on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Protocol”) on 25 January 2004. On 23 July 2013, the Respondent State deposited the declaration provided for in Article 34(6) of the Protocol (hereinafter referred to as “the Declaration”), by virtue of which it accepted the Court’s jurisdiction to receive applications from individuals and Non-Governmental Organisations having observer status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. On 29 April 2020, the Respondent State deposited, with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, the instrument of withdrawal of the said Declaration. The Court has ruled that this withdrawal has no effect on pending cases, or on new cases filed before the entry into force of the withdrawal one (1) year after its deposit, in this case, on 30 April 2021.1 II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION A. Facts of the Matter 3. It emerges from the Application that on 15 February 2013, the Applicant and two other persons who are not parties to the present proceedings, were charged with criminal conspiracy, gang armed robbery and indecent assault with violence, and placed under a committal order. On 1 March 2023, the Applicant was found guilty of these charges and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment by the Yopougon Court of First Instance by judgment No.0559/2013. Following his appeal, the Abidjan Court of Appeal issued a confirmatory judgment No. 61 of 8 February 2017 (hereinafter referred to as 1 Kouadio Kobena Fory v. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, (merits and et reparations) AfCHPR (2 December 2021) 5 AfCLR 682, § 2; Suy Bi Gohoré Émile and others v. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (merits and reparations) (15 July 2020) 4 AfCLR 406, § 67; Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v. Republic of Rwanda, (jurisdiction) (3 June 2016), 1 AfCLR 540 § 69. 2