71. The Court also notes, for its part, that nothing in the records submitted to it by the Parties suggests that any of the above requirements has not been met in the instant case. 72. Consequently, the Court holds that the requirements under consideration in this regard have been fully met and concludes that the Application is admissible. VIII. ON THE MERITS 73. The Applicants' allegations relate to violations of Articles 1, 3, 5,6 and 7 of the Charter. The Court now makes an assessment of each of these alleged violations, the Respondent's responses thereto and the merits of the parties' claims. In line with the sequence of events which gave rise to the various alleged violations, the Court deems it appropriate to examine first those allegations relating to article 7 of the Charter. A. Allegations of violations of the right to a fair trial under Article 7 of the Charter 74.ln relation to Article 7, of the Charter, the allegations of the Applicants have several prongs, which are treated separately below. 1/ Allegation regarding illegal extradition i) Applicants' Submissions 75. The Applicants submit that they were extradited from Kenya unlawfully as there was no extradition treaty between Kenya and Tanzania. They also allege that they were prevented from exercising their rights of appeal following the order of extradition issued by the Nairobi Law Court on 22 March 2003 as they were immediately taken to the United Republic of Tanzania by a contingent of both Kenyan and Tanzanian police. 21

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