10. Pleadings were closed on 10 September 2023 and the Parties were duly notified. 11. On 15 December 2023, the Applicant filed a request to reopen pleadings and hold a public hearing. On 26 December 2023, the Registry notified the request to the Respondent State for its observations within 15 days of receipt. On 9 January 2024, the Respondent State filed its observations. By order of 6 June 2024, the Court dismissed the request for reopening of pleadings, which order was notified to the Parties on 13 June 2024. IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 12. The Applicant prays the Court to: i. Declare that it has jurisdiction. ii. Find the Application admissible; iii. Find that the violations of his rights protected by Articles 1, 4, 5, 7, 14, 15 and 16 of the Charter, Articles 2(3), 7 and 14(1) of the ICCPR, Articles 8, 10, 17 and 23 of the UDHR and Articles 2, 6, 7 and 11 of the ICESCR are established, and that the Respondent State is liable for these violations; iv. Order the Respondent State to pay the Applicant, through its relevant structures, compensation for loss of property rights and/or a decent standard of living, in the amount of Five Billion, Fifty-Eight Million (5,058,000,000) CFA Francs, within one month of the delivery of the Court's decision, in accordance with the requirements of Chapter IX of United Nations Resolution 60/147 of 16 December 2005, and in line with the jurisprudence of this Court and the Permanent Court of International Justice, according to which “the State responsible for the violation must endeavour to “wipe out all the consequences of the unlawful act and reestablish the state which would probably have existed had the said act not been committed”. v. Order the Respondent State to pay him interest on the damages for the loss of his right to property and/or his right to a decent standard of living, 5