.. . 10. It is for all these reasons that he brought his case before the Court, 1 asking the Court to: -Adjudge and declare that the refusal to release the Applicant on provisional grounds, following the court decisions made to that effect, constitutes an arbitrary and illegal detention in regard to the legal provisions cited above; -To order the Republic of Togo to release him provisionally, by adhering to Judgment No. 009 of the Criminal Chamber as delivered on 23 January 2012; -To ask the Republic of Togo to pay to him, in reparation for the harm done him, and in compliance with Article 9(5). of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the sum of USD 1,000,000 as damages for all the prejudice suffered. 11. The Applicant asked for expedited procedure on the grounds that the Republic of Togo, having adopted the Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, violates the provisions of same legal instrument, by refusing to enforce a lawfully made court decision delivered in the Republic of Togo. The facts of the case a,s narrated by the Republic of Togo 12. The Republic of Togo, in a Memorial in Defence dated 8 January 2013, maintained that Mr. Abass AI Youssef, an Emirates businessman, was requested by some alleged pare-nts of the late lvorian President Robert Guei, to help them transfer from Togo to a foreign country, a fortune of 275 Million US Dollars, which allegedly belonged to the late President Robert Guei. Mr. Abass AI Youssef then dispatched to Lome, Mr. Loik Floch-Prigent, his partner and expert in African affairs, to establish I contact with the supposed parents of President Guei, and especially, assess the genuineness of their claims. Mr. Loik Floch-Prigent reported back to Mr. Abass AI Youssef that the business was a promising one. 13. Thus, Messrs. Pascal Bodjona and Sow Bertin Agba became participants in the deal and succeeded in defrauding Mr. Abass AI Youssef of successive advance fees totalling USD 12,825,000 supposedly for 4 )

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