individuals to have recourse to judicial scrutiny of the declaration by the Electoral
Commission
of the winner of a presidential election that this Court finds to be
against the values underlying the Charter.
104.
In the circumstances, the Court holds that article 41(7) of the Respondent
State’s Constitution,
in so far as it ousts the jurisdiction
of courts to consider
challenges to a presidential election after the Electoral Commission has declared
a winner, violates Article 7(1)(a) of the Charter.
D. Alleged violation of Article 1 of the Charter
105.
The Applicant alleges that the conduct of the Respondent State has violated
Article 1 of the Charter while the Respondent State denies the alleged violation.
KK
106.
Article 1 of the Charter provides as follows:
The Member
States of the Organisation of African Unity, parties to the
present Charter shall recognise the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined
in the Charter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures
to give effect to them.
107.
The Court considers that, as it has held in its earlier judgments, examining
an alleged violation of Article 1 of the Charter involves a determination not only of
whether the measures adopted by the Respondent State are available but also if
these
measures were implemented
purpose
in order to achieve the intended object and
of the Charter. 3? Consequently,
whenever
a substantive
right of the
Charter is violated due to the Respondent State’s failure to meet these obligations
Article 1 will be found to have been violated.
33 Armand Guehi v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits and reparations) (2018) 2 AfCLR 477 § 149-150
and Ally Rajabu and others v. United Republic of Tanzania, Af{CHPR, Application No. 007/2015, Judgment
of 28 November 2019 (merits and reparations) § 124.
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