D. Alleged violation of Article 1 of the Charter 126. Apart from generally asserting that the Respondent State has violated Article 1 of the Charter, the Applicants did not make any specific submissions under this head. 127. The Respondent State did not also specifically respond to the allegation of a violation of Article 1 of the Charter save to deny the alleged violation. *** 128. The Court recalls that Article 1 of the Charter provides as follows: The Member States of the Organisation of African Unity, parties to the present Charter shall recognise the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in the Charter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them. 129. In respect of Article 1 of the Charter the Court has acknowledged that: when the Court finds that any of the rights, duties and freedoms set out in the Charter are curtailed, violated or not being achieved, this necessarily means that the obligation set out under Article 1 of the Charter has not been complied with and has been violated.37 130. Having found that the Respondent State has violated Article 13(1) of the Charter, the Court holds that the Respondent State has also violated Article 1 of the Charter. 37 Alex Thomas v. Tanzania (merits), supra, § 135. 35