the Speaker of the National Assembly a requisition for the waiver of the Applicant’s parliamentary immunity (See Exhibit No. 1 to the application initiating proceedings “Lettre du Procureur de la République sollicitant la levée de l´immunité parlementaire du sieur Gabriel Messan Agbéyomé KODJO”) three days later, that is, on March 12, 2020, the Attorney General of the Supreme Court sent to the Speaker of the National Assembly a requisition for authorization of criminal proceedings against the Applicant in his capacity as former Speaker of the National Assembly (See Exhibit No. 2 to the application initiating proceedings “Lettre du Procureur Général près de la Cour Suprême du Togo sollicitant l´autorisation de l`Assemblée Nationale”). 166. And because no other facts have been alleged by the Applicant that would call into question his right to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial court or tribunal established by law, the Court rejects the Applicant's argument and finds that the Respondent did not violate Article 10 of the UDHR nor Article 14 (1, 2nd part) of the ICCPR. 2. On the violation of Article 7 (1) of the African Charter, Article 10 of the UDHR and Article 14 (1) and (3) of the ICCPR. 167. The Applicant alleged that in the instant case, the Public Prosecutor attached to his requisition for waiver of parliamentary immunity a USB key, which was supposed to contain the evidence for his allegations; that curiously, Mr. KODJO Messan Agbéyomé did not have the opportunity to have access to the contents of the said USB key, neither at the time of the notification by the bailiff porting the letter inviting him to appear before the special committee of the National Assembly, nor at the time of his appearance before the committee; that the Parliament Member who represented Mr. KODJO before the committee made the same request in vain 41

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