vii. Finds that the Respondent State did not violate the Applicants’ right to be tried by an impartial tribunal, protected under Article 7(1)(d) of the Charter; viii. Finds that the Respondent State did not violate its obligation to guarantee the independence of the courts and, under Article 26 of the Charter; Reparations: Pecuniary reparations ix. Dismisses the Applicants’ request for reparation as ill-founded; Costs x. Orders each party to bear its own costs. Signed: Imani D. ABOUD, President; Ben KIOKO, Judge; Rafaâ BEN ACHOUR, Judge; Suzanne MENGUE, Judge; Tujilane R. CHIZUMILA, Judge; 27