53. At the court hearing of 30 October 2012, - Plaintiff Cou.nsel affirmed· that the Applicants had evidence on the payment of the guarantee fee as made to the investigation judges at Lome, Atakpame and Amlame. Upon the instructions of the Court, they communicated the said exhibits to the Court, which were duly served on the Defendant. 54. At the court hearing of 11 December 2012, the Republic of Togo received the said documents and therefore decided to abandon its legal claim concerning non-initialisation of the public action on grounds of non-payment of the guarantee fee by the Applicants, and withdrew all the observations and arguments it had adduced in connection with that claim. ,, 55. In such circumstances, the Court notes that the Republic of Togo no more contests the claim brought by the Applicants as well a's the allegation on violation Article 7(1)-d of the Charter. The Court adjudges that this aspect of the Application is not manifestly ill founded. The Court now sets out to examine the Applicants' pleas in law in regard to this point. 56. Article 7{1)-d of the ·African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights provides: "Every individual shall have the right to have his case heard . This comprises: ... the right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial court or tribunal." 57. Now, it is incontrovertible that the acts of violence which followed the 2005 presidential· elections in Togo adversely affected the human persons and properties Of the victims, who were located in Lome, Atakpame and Amlame; that since then, the Applicants filed complaints before the investigating judges of those localities and constituted civil parties to the proceedings, and they paid the guarantee fees required by the laws of Togo. But since then, the case has not been called for - hearing: for some of them, the time lapse so far has been up to 3 or 4 years, whereas for others, it is 7 years. 58. In the instant case, the Republic of Togo does not bring any argument which may justify such inaction on the part of its judicial services. The Republic of Togo rather measures to inquire advances the argument that into the complaints, victims and fight against impunity. 15 it has taken so as to compensate the