for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power; The Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, December
10, 1984, in spirit and form and Principle 38 of the Body of Principles for
the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or
Imprisonment of 19 December 1988.
c) Reliefs Sought by the Applicant:
60.The Applicant sought from the Court to declare:
i- That the Togolese State, through the actions of its agents, who arrested,
beat and handcuffed the Applicant, to obtain information about his
involvement in the March 1993 coup attempt, violated the provisions of
Article 21, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Togolese Constitution, the provisions
of Articles 4 and 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Articles 7 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatments or
Punishments, respectively;
ii- That the actions of its agents, who illegally arrested and arbitrarily
detained the Applicant in the RIT field, in CETAP, in the national
gendarmerie and in Kara's civil prison, for twenty-one (21) months, without
legal basis, violated the provisions of Article 52 of the Criminal Procedure
Code of Togo, Articles 15 and 19 of the Togolese Constitution, of Articles
3, 6 and 7(d) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, the
provisions of Article 9/1 10/1 and 14/3c of the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights and Article 4 of the Declaration on the
Fundamental Principles of Justice Relating to Victims of Crime and Abuses
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