235. As regards the prayer for a retrial, the Court holds that such a measure would not
be fair to the Applicant in as much as he has already spent 19 years in prison, more than
half of the sentence, and given that a fresh local judicial procedure could be long.°°
236.
Taking
this
special
consideration
into
account,
the
Court
instead
orders
the
Respondent State to take all other appropriate measures within a reasonable time, to
remedy the human rights violations established.
237. As for other forms of reparation, the Court will make a ruling on the prayers of the
Parties, after hearing them more fully.
X.
COSTS
238. In the submissions in Response,
the Respondent State prayed the Court that the
costs of the procedure be charged to the Applicant.
239. The Applicant did not make any statement on this issue.
240. The Court notes that Rule 30 of its Rules provides that "unless otherwise decided by
the Court, each party shall bear its own costs."
241. The Court shall decide on the issue of costs when making a ruling on other forms of
reparation.
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8° See in this regard, /bidem, para. 158.
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