Supreme Court of Liberia and so far as the appeal is pending the Plaintiffs’ contention of deprivation of their right to life is premature. 2. That the Supplementary Protocol of the Court A/SP.1/01/05 has not been ratified by the 1st Defendant as provided for by its constitution and therefore inapplicable to it. 3. That Article 9(1) (g) of the Supplementary Protocol of this Court relied upon by the Plaintiffs is inapplicable as it only applies to Community Institutions and their officials. 4. That the laws relied upon by the Plaintiffs are inapplicable as the Defendants did not violate any of the rights of the Plaintiffs. Accordingly, the Plaintiffs have not been arbitrarily deprived of their right to life but have been arrested, detained and tried in accordance with the provisions of law by an impartial tribunal as recognized by Articles 4,6 and 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. 5. That the Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the suit which is based on ordinary crime and within the exclusive competence of the domestic Court of the 1st Defendant. Similarly, the 2nd, 4th and 5th Defendants entered their defense through a joint statement of defense filed on the 13th of June 2014; in their defense they contended as follows; 1. That the Plaintiffs were tried and convicted of the offence for which they were charged on the 19th of March 2010. They also contended that every 7