ii. Find that the prayers of the Applicants lack merit. 14. On reparations, the Applicants pray the Court to: i. Order the Respondent State to pay the sum of Twenty Million (20,000,000) CFA francs to each employee, for damages, and the sum of Five Billion (5,000,000,000) CFA francs as salary arrears in respect of July 2012 to December 2018; ii. Order the issuance of work certificates for each Applicant, under penalty of Two Million (2,000,000) CFA francs for each day of delay; iii. Order provisional implementation of the decision; 15. The Respondent State prays the Court to dismiss the Applicants’ prayers for reparations. V. JURISDICTION 16. The Court notes that Article 3 of the Protocol provides as follows: 1. The jurisdiction of the Court shall extend to all cases and disputes submitted to it concerning the interpretation and Application of the Charter […] the Protocol and any other relevant human rights instruments ratified by the States concerned. 2. In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has jurisdiction, the Court shall decide. 5