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126.
However,
as indicated above,
the Applicant has been
convicted,
detained and
sentenced for illegal entry and still continues to be in prison even after having served
the two
(2)
Respondent
years’
prison
sentence
that was
meted
out
to
him
in 2010.
The
State has not provided any justification for restrictions that would fall
under the provision of Article 12 (2) of the Charter such as protection of national
security,
law and order, public health or morality warranting the restriction of the
Applicant’s freedom of movement.
127.
In view of the aforesaid, the Court holds that the Applicant’s arrest and continued
detention constitute a violation of Article 12 of the Charter.
iv. Alleged violation of Article 1 of the Charter
128. The Applicant submits that the Respondent State violated Article 1 of the Charter.
129. According
character,
to the Applicant, Article
and
1 confers on the Charter its legally binding
therefore a violation of any right under the Charter automatically
means a violation of this Article.
130.
He avers that the Commission
has found that Article 1 had been violated even
where a complainant himself had not invoked a violation of that particular Article. In
this regard, the Applicant made
specific mention
of the case of Kevin Mgwanga
Gunme et al. v. Cameroon wherein the Commission stated that, according to its wellestablished jurisprudence, a violation of any provision of the Charter automatically
constitutes a violation of Article 1 thereof, as it depicts a failure on the part of the
State Party concerned to take adequate measures to give effect to the provisions of
the Charter.*°
131.
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The Respondent State did not make any submissions in this respect.
Communication
No. 266/03. Kevin Mgwanga Gunme et al v. Cameroon.