TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................... i
I.
THE PARTIES .................................................................................................. 1
II.
SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION................................................................... 2
A.
Facts of the matter ............................................................................................ 2
B.
Alleged violations .............................................................................................. 3
III.
SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT ............................ 5
IV.
PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES .......................................................................... 6
V.
JURISDICTION................................................................................................10
A.
Objection to the personal jurisdiction of the Court .......................................... 10
B.
Other aspects of the Court’s jurisdiction ......................................................... 12
VI.
ADMISSIBILITY ...............................................................................................13
i. On the requirement relating to the identity of the Applicant ......................... 14
ii. On the requirement relating to the compatibility of the application with the
Constitutive Act of the African Union .................................................................... 14
iii. On the requirement relating to the use of disparaging or insulting language 15
iv. On the requirement relating to news disseminated through the mass media ..
.................................................................................................................... 15
v. On the requirement relating to the exhaustion of local remedies ................. 15
vi. On the requirement to file the Application within a reasonable time ............ 18
vii. On the requirement relating to cases which have been settled by the Parties
.................................................................................................................... 20
VII.
MERITS ...........................................................................................................21
A.
On the allegations relating to the subservience of the High Judicial Council .. 21
B.
On the alleged violation of the right of judges to strike ................................... 26
C.
On the alleged violation of Article 30 of the Protocol for non-execution of the
decisions of the Court. ........................................................................................... 27
D.
On the alleged violation of the right to freedom of opinion and expression ..... 29
E.
On the alleged violation of the right to an effective remedy for the protection of
human rights .......................................................................................................... 32
i. Citizens........................................................................................................ 34
ii. Judges ......................................................................................................... 36
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