annulment of the death penalty can only be ordered if the circumstances so
require. Those circumstances must be assessed on a case-by-case basis,
taking due account principally of the proportionality between the measure
sought and the gravity of the violation found.
119. In the present case, the Court has found that the Respondent State violated
the right to life protected by Article 4 of the Charter. The Court therefore
orders the Respondent State to annul the death sentence imposed on the
Applicant and remove him from death row pending the sentencing hearing
that it has previously ordered.
ii. Release
120. The Applicant prays the Court to order his release.
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121. The Respondent State submits that the Applicant’s request for reparations
be dismissed.
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122. As regards the request for release, the Court recalls its jurisprudence in
Gozbert Henerico v. United Republic of Tanzania that:
The Court can order release only if an Applicant sufficiently demonstrates or
if the Court by itself establishes from its findings that the Applicant's arrest or
conviction is based entirely on arbitrary considerations and that his continued
detention would occasion a miscarriage of justice.25
25
Henerico v. Tanzania (merits and reparations), supra, § 202; Mgosi Mwita Makungu v. United Republic
of Tanzania (merits) (7 December 2018) 2 AfCLR 550, § 84; Minani Evarist v. United Republic of
Tanzania (merits and reparations) (21 September 2018) 2 AfCLR 402 and Juma v. Tanzania (merits
and reparations), supra, § 165. See also Dominick Damian v. United Republic of Tanzania, ACtHPR,
Application No 048/2016 (4 June 2024) (merits and reparations), §§ 163-166.
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