5) Rules that the Respondent State has violated its obligation to establish an independent and impartial electoral body as provided under Article 17 of the African Charter on Democracy and Article 3 of the ECOWAS Democracy Protocol, and consequently, also violated its obligation to protect the right of the citizens to participate freely in the management of the public affairs of their country guaranteed by Article 13 (1) and (2)) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; 6) Rules that the Respondent State has violated its obligation to protect the right to equal protection of the law guaranteed by Article 10 (3) of the African Charter on Democracy, Article 3 (2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; 7) Orders the Respondent State to amend 2014 on the Independent Law No. 2014-335 of 18 June Electoral Commission to make it compliant with the aforementioned instruments to which it is a Party; 8) Orders the Respondent State to submit to it a report on the implementation of this decision within a reasonable time which, in any case, should not exceed one year from the date of publication of this Judgment: Unanimously, 9) Rules that each Party shall bear its own costs.