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- As to Admissibility of the Suit
10.1. Declares that the Application be ruled inadmissible and hence denied because
the conditions-precedent to the invocation of the benefits of Article 25 of the
Protocol have not been satisfied.
10.2. Further to the above, the Court finds and holds that there are no new issues of
law or fact in this present Application which were not also included in the
Originating Application which would warrant this Court reviewing, revising, and/or
reversing its previous judgment and traversing the awards made in the previous
judgment
As to Competency of the Parties
10.3. The Court, on its own motion, determines that it was totally unnecessary to
have listed the President of the ECOWAS Commission and the Chairman of the
Committee of Governors of ECOWAS member Central Banks as parties
Respondent/Defendant, because they are not proper parties against whom
complaints for human rights violations can be brought. Accordingly, the names of
the 3rd and 4th Respondents/Defendants are hereby struck out and removed from this
case and they are hence dropped as misjoined parties.
As to Costs
10.4. The Court rules that costs are and shall be assessed for the Defendants against
the Plaintiff/Applicant in accordance with Article 66 of the Rules of this Court..
Thus made, adjudged and pronounced in a public hearing at Abuja, this 02nd day
of December, A.D. 2015 by the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of
West African States.
THE FOLLOWING JUDGES HAVE SIGNED THIS JUDGMENT
Hon. Justice Friday Chijioke NWOKE –
Hon. Justice Maria do Ceu Silva MONTEIRO Hon. Justice Jerome TRAORE Hon. Justice Micah Wilkins WRIGHT –
Hon. Justice Alioune SALL -
Presiding
Member
Member
Member
Member
Assisted by Mr. Atanase ANTONNON, Esq. –
Registrar