argues that the main Applications Nos. 020/2019 and 021/2019 relate to the Penal Code and the vacation of Mr. Lionel Zinsou’s conviction, whereas the present Application relates to the Amnesty Law and post-election protests. It submits that there is no link between these applications. In support of its argument, the Respondent State references the Judgment of the Court in Application No. 013/2017-Sébastien Ajavon v. Republic of Benin. 46. Accordingly, it concludes that the Application should be declared inadmissible for lack of connection to the main Application. * 47. The Applicant submits that the Court is not bound by the title of an application. It recalls that the Court has found that Consolidated Applications 021/2019 and 022/2019 and the present “Supplementary Application” were unrelated. Therefore, the Court, in the exercise of its discretion, decided to treat the latter separately and registered it as such. The Applicant thus prays the Court to dismiss the objection. *** 48. The Court recalls that the Applicant filed the present Application, which he referred to as the “supplementary Application”, to consolidated Applications 021/2019 and 022/2019. The Court found that the facts and subject matter of the supplementary Application and those of consolidated Applications 021/2019 and 022/2019 are unrelated.11 It, therefore, decided to consider the supplementary Application as a separate Application that is autonomous vis-à-vis the earlier applications and registered it as such with Reference No. 009/2020. 49. In view of the foregoing, the Court holds that this objection is moot. 11 Order for joinder of 4 July 2019, Applications 021/2019 and 022/2019 – XYZ v. Republic of Benin. 13

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