consistently held that it has jurisdiction to receive and examine any application provided that it alleges violations of any of the provisions of the Charter or international human rights instruments to which the Respondent State is a party.3 24. The Court observes that the allegations made in the Application are not vague or imprecise since they relate to rights protected by the Charter. In her application, the Applicant maintains that the Tunisian people have been deprived of their right to self-determination and to participate in the adoption of the constitution, rights protected by Article 20(1) of the Charter, which provides that: “All peoples shall have the right to existence. They shall have the unquestionable and inalienable right to self-determination. They shall freely determine their political status and shall pursue their economic and social development according to the policy they have freely chosen”. Furthermore, the Court notes that the Applicant contends that the Respondent state does not fulfil its obligation to guarantee the independence of the judiciary and to establish institutions for the protection of human rights guaranteed by Article 26 of the Charter. 25. Accordingly, the Court dismisses the Respondent State’s objection and holds that it has material jurisdiction. B. Other aspects of jurisdiction 26. The Court notes that the Respondent State does not contest its temporal, personal and territorial jurisdiction. Having found that nothing on record indicates that it lacks jurisdiction, the Court holds that it has: 3 Alex Thomas v. Tanzania (merits) (20 November 2015), 1 AfCLR 465, § 45; Owino Onyachi and Njoka v. Tanzania (merits) (28 September 2017), 2 AfCLR 65, § 34-36; Gihana and Others v. Rwanda (merits and reparations) (28 November 2019) 3 AfCLR 655, § 32 and 33; Diocles William v. Tanzania (merits and reparations) (21 September 2018) 2 AfCLR 426, § 28; Armand Guéhi v. Tanzania (merits and reparations), (7 December 2018) 2 AfCLR 477, § 33; Kalebi Elisamehe v. Tanzania (merits and reparations), (26 June 2020) 4 AfCLR 265, § 18. 7

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