the African Senegal Charter justifies the on Human and measures of Pebples’ Rights, restriction the regarding Republic leaving of the national territory, as adopted against the Applicants, and equally argues that Article 33 of the Code of Criminal Procedure settles the issue in the following terms: “The out all the necessary Public Prosecutor shall carry out or have carried measures required for investigating and trying all violations of the criminal law.” In that regard, the Republic of Senegal avers that the ban placed on the Applicants to prevent them from going outside the country falls under . the framework of interim measures adopted as part of the criminal | ‘procedure. As regards violation of equality of citizens before the law and the courts, The Republic before . of Senegal argues that this plea in law cannot thrive because it is not buttressed on any ground which may enable the Court to examine that claim. jae Regarding violation-of presun@a@n Of INNOCENTE--~:- #---+. sees eee 42. The Repubitc of Senegal maintains that the press sonfarenke by the Special Prosecutor, and the provisions of Law 81-53 eed Cee organised and 53, do not violate the principle of presumption of innocence; they further aver that, The Special Prosecutor never affirmed that the Applicants were guilty of acquiring illicit wealth, and that as for the Republic of Senegal, in taking every step, it strictly abides by the definition of “illicit wealth” as given by the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, and by the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption. As regards violation of the two-tier system of courts and of the right to effective remedy 43. In relation to this point, the Defendant. State cites Article 17 of the Law relating to the Fight Against Illegal Wealth, which makes provision for 14 ae

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