A. Pecuniary reparations
i.
Material prejudice
102. The Applicant maintains that he was engaged in agricultural and
commercial activities in addition to having other sources of income, all of
which were undermined by his conviction and his imprisonment.
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103. The Respondent State submits that the Applicant’s request for reparations
be dismissed.
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104. The Court recalls that in order to be awarded reparations for material
damage, the Applicant must demonstrate the existence of a causal link
between the violation established and the damage suffered.20 The Applicant
must also justify the amounts claimed21 and provide acceptable evidence of
the expenses incurred, such as receipts for payments made.22
105. The Court observes that in the present case, the Applicant does not specify
the quantum of pecuniary reparations sought as just compensation and
neither does he establish a causal link between the violations found and the
harm suffered. In the circumstances, the Court finds no grounds for
awarding pecuniary reparation for the material harm suffered.
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See Guehi v. Tanzania, supra, § 181; Norbert Zongo and Others v Burkina Faso (reparations) (5 June
2015) 1 AfCLR 265, § 62 and Henerico v. Tanzania (merits and reparations), supra, § 180.
21 Zongo and Others v. Burkina Faso, ibid, § 81; Reverend Christopher R. Mtikila v. United Republic of
Tanzania (reparations) (13 June 2014) 1 AfCLR 72, § 40.
22 Christopher Jonas v. United Republic of Tanzania (reparations) (25 September 2020) 4 AfCLR 545,
§ 20 and Guehi v. Tanzania, supra, § 18.
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