134. Concerning the alleged violation of Articles 2 of the African Charter, the Respondent State submits that this Article deals with the issue of discrimination, and argued further that the legislation in the Respondent State did not in any way discriminate against the victim as the death penalty would be imposed on anyone found guilty of murder without any extenuating circumstance. In reply to the alleged violation of Article 3 of the African Charter, the AC HP R 135. Respondent State, while noting that this Article deals with the twin concepts of equality before the law and equal protection of the law, submitted that the victim‟s right to be treated equally before the law was not interfered with in anyway by the Respondent State throughout the trial process. 136. Concerning the allegation that the victim was not afforded equal protection of the law, the Respondent State contends that Mr. Kobedi was at all times during the trial process provided with high quality legal representation and was not treated unequally vis-à-vis any other person in a similar situation. These, argues the Respondent State, shows that the allegations of the Complainants with regards to the allege violations of Articles 2 and 3 of the African Charter are baseless. On the Alleged Violation of Article 4 (Right to Life) 137. In response to the alleged violation of Article 4 of the African Charter, it is submitted by the Respondent State, that not only is the imposition of the death penalty reasonable in the circumstance, but also that the procedures followed before the death sentence was carried out on Kobedi did not amount to the arbitrary taking of his life. The Respondent State further contends that the trial of 35