an application to the Constitutional Court, he cannot be required, after the decision of the said Court, to exercise or attempt to exercise other remedies, insofar as the said decision has an erga omnes effect. 42. The Court notes that in the present case, on 16 August 2019, the Applicant filed an application with the Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of the Order of July 22, 2019, in which he alleged the violation of Articles 7(1)(b) of the Charter and Article 15 of the UDHR, as he does in the instant Application. The Court notes that on 18 June 2020, the Constitutional Court dismissed the application.15 43. The Court emphasizes that, pursuant to Article 124 of the said Constitution, the said decision is not subject to appeal and is binding on all civil, military and judicial authorities, including a trial court having administrative jurisdiction to hear the matter relating to the misuse of power invoked by the Respondent State. 44. It follows that it is unreasonable to require the Applicant to exercise the remedy in relation to abuse of power by seizing the administrative court, since in any case, the said court cannot render a decision that is contrary to that of the Constitutional Court. 45. In light of the foregoing, the Court dismisses the Respondent State’s objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies and finds that the Application meets this admissibility requirement. The operative part of the decision reads as follows: “Finds that Inter-Ministerial Order No. 023/MJL/DC/SGM/DAPCG/SA/023SGG19 of 22 July 2019, prohibiting the issuance of official documents to persons wanted by the law in the Republic of Benin is not contrary to the Constitution”. The Charter is an integral part of the Constitution, in accordance with Article 7, which states: “The rights and duties proclaimed and guaranteed by the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, adopted in 1981 by the Organization of African Unity and ratified by Benin on January 20, 1986, are an integral part of the Constitution and of Beninese law”. 15 12

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