its judicial authorities in order to afford State authorities the opportunity to redress the consequences of the impugned decision or act. 65. It asserts that there are satisfactory local judicial remedies that the Applicant could have pursued before bringing the case before the Court. In that regard, it alleges that its legislation is unique insofar as it confers jurisdiction on the Constitutional Court in matters of human rights violations, as provided for in Article 11414 of the Constitution. It submits that the Applicant could have brought the violations he alleges before the said court. The Respondent State also references the procedures set out in Articles 415 and 516 of Law No. 2012-15 establishing the Code of Criminal Procedure. 66. The Respondent State contends that the Applicant did not pursue any of the available local remedies and that, therefore, he filed his application with the Court prematurely. It prays the Court to declare the Application inadmissible. * 67. The Applicant counters that he is not related to the victims of the 1 and 2 May 2019 protests and, therefore, cannot bring an action before the civil court seeking reparations. 68. He further asserts that the Amnesty Law was declared constitutional by the Constitutional Court in its Decision DCC 2019-503 of 6 November 2019. He states that he has no other remedy in the domestic legal system against the Amnesty Law and that, at any rate, the Constitutional Court cannot reverse its own ruling. 14 Article 114 of the Constitution provides that: “The Constitutional Court shall be the highest court of the State in constitutional matters. It shall be the judge of the constitutionality of laws and it shall guarantee the fundamental human rights and the public liberties. It shall regulate the functioning of institutions and the activity of public authorities.” 15 Article 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that: “A civil action may be brought at the same time as a public action and before the same court”. 16 Article 5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that: “A civil action may also be brought separately from a public action.” 17

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