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003ei$ La Cour compos6e de: Sylvain ORE, Pr6sident, Ben KIOKO, Vice-Pr6sident, G6rard NIYUNGEKO, El Hadji GUISSE, Rafaa BEN ACHOUR, Angelo V. MATUSSE, Suzanne MENGUE, M-Th6rdse MUKAMULISA, Tujilane R. CHIZUMILA, Chafika BENSAOULA, Juges et Robert ENO, Greffier. En I'affaire S6bastien Germain AJAVON repr6sent6 par : Me Marc BENSIMHON, avocat au Barreau de Paris Me Yaya POGNON, avocat au Barreau de Cotonou iii. Me lssiaka MOUSTAPHA, avocat au Barreau de Cotonou contre REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN reprdsentde par: i. Me Cyrille DJ|KUl, avocat au Barreau de Cotonou, ancien B6tonnier ii. Me Elie VLAVONOU KPONOU, avocat au Barreau de Cotonou iii. Me Charles BADOU, avocat au Barreau de Cotonou Aprds en avoir d6lib6r6, rend la pr6sente ordonnance I. 1. LES PARTIES Le Requ6rant, est sieur S6bastien Germain AJAVON, (ci-aprds < le Requ6rant >), homme d'affaires et homme politique de la R6publique du B6nin. 1 v S\ ..i

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013/2017 - Sébastien Germain Ajavon v. Benin (Order for provisional maesures)

AfCHPR Decision

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Order for Provisional Measures

Keywords

Equality Before the Law
Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
Right to Fair Trial
Right to Property

Case Headnotes: The Gendarmerie (para-military force) of the Autonomous Port of Cotonou and the Benin Customs Department received warnings from the Intelligence and Documentation Services at the Office of the President of the Republic about the presence of a huge quantity of cocaine in a container of frozen goods imported by the company-Comptoir Mondialde Neqoce (COMON SA) of which the Applicant is the Chief Executive Officer. Based on this information, a judicial inquiry was, on 28 October2016, instituted against the Applicant and three of his employees for the trafficking of eighteen (18kgs) of pure cocaine.

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Benin

Outcome

Order of Provisional Measures

Year Decided: Dec 7, 2018

Rights Alleged to be Violated (ACHPR Provisions)

ACHPR 14: Right to Property
ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
ACHPR 3.2: Equal protection of the law
ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence

Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)

ACHPR 14: Right to Property
ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence

Rights Not Violated (ACHPR Provisions)

ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest

Duration of Procedure: Feb 27, 2017 ~ Dec 7, 2018

Country Geolocation

Latitude: 9.30769

Longitude: 2.315834

Country Geolocation (linked AfCHPR Decision): Benin

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