17.Consequently, he prayed the Constitutional Council to declare that the aforementioned provisions of the impugned law are not in conformity with the Constitution. 18.In a Decision rendered on 16 June 2014, the Constitutional Council dismissed Mr. KOUASSI’s prayers and declared that the impugned provisions were in conformity with the Constitution. The law was then promulgated on 18 June 2014. 19.It was in this context that APDH, on 12 July 2014, seized the Court with the instant case. B. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS 20.The Applicant alleges that the Respondent State violated its commitment to establish an commitment independent to protect the and impartial electoral right to equality before body the as law well and as _ its to equal protection by the law, as prescribed in particular by Articles 3 and 13 (1) and (2) of the Charter on Human Rights, Articles 10(3) and Charter on Democracy, Article 3 of the ECOWAS 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human 17(1) of the African Democracy Protocol, Article Rights and Articles 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (herein-after referred to as “the Covenant”). PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 21.The Application was received at the Registry on 12 July 2014.