all urban areas to individuals resident in the State and to organisations for residential, agriculture, commercial and other purposes. In the Cabinda case above, the Commission made a distinction between indigenous rights to land that warrant special protection, and other rights to land, which can be legitimately limited by the state on public interest grounds. In Balmer-Schafroth & Ors V. Switzerland 1997 IV ECHR Judgment of 26th August 1997, where the Applicants argued that they were entitled to a hearing over the Government’s decision to renew an operating permit for a nuclear power plant, the European Court found that the Applicants had not established a direct link between the operating conditions of the power station and their right to protection of their physical integrity, because they failed to show that the operation of the power station exposed them personally to a danger that was serious, specific and above all imminent. They failed to establish the dangers and remedies with a degree of probability that made the outcome of the proceedings directly decisive for the right they invoked Assuming that the Plaintiffs have the right to challenge the award of oil mining licenses, they have failed to sufficiently provide evidence to support the facts they bring forth or to buttress the discrimination they claim to have been victims of. They have failed to prove that they actually participated in a bid and were disqualified, neither did they attach any documents to show that they complied with the 29