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99.The Court holds that in the instant Application, there is no reason for it to depart
from the provisions of Rule 30 of the Rules and, consequently, rules that each
Party shall bear its own costs.
X.
OPERATIVE PART
100. For the above reasons:
THE COURT,
Unanimously'.
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On jurisdiction:
(i)
(ii)
Dismisses the objection to the jurisdiction of the Court;
Declares that it has jurisdiction.
By a majority of nine (9) for, and one (1) against, Justice Blaise TCHIKAYA Dissenting
On admlssibility:
(iii)
(iv)
Dismisses the objection to the admissibility of the Application;
Declares the Application is admissible;
Unanimously:
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On the merits
(v)
Finds that the Respondent State has not violated the Applicants' right to
a fair trial in Article 7 of the Charter
(vi)
Finds that the Respondent State has not violated the Applicants' right to
equality before the law and equal protection of the law provided for in
Article 3 of the Charter
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Y