TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... i I. THE PARTIES .......................................................................................................... 2 II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION ........................................................................... 2 A. Facts of the matter ............................................................................................. 2 B. Alleged violations ............................................................................................... 3 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT .................................... 3 IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES .................................................................................. 4 V. JURISDICTION ......................................................................................................... 5 VI. ADMISSIBILITY ........................................................................................................ 7 VII. MERITS .................................................................................................................. 10 A. Alleged violation of the right to have their cause heard .................................... 10 i. Violation of the right to seize domestic courts .................................................. 11 ii. Alleged violation of the right to be tried within a reasonable time ..................... 14 iii. Right to be tried by an independent and impartial tribunal. .............................. 17 B. Alleged violation of the right to equality before the law and to equal protection of the law ....................................................................................................................... 21 C. Alleged violation of the right to non-discrimination ........................................... 23 VIII.REPARATIONS ...................................................................................................... 24 IX. COSTS ................................................................................................................... 25 X. OPERATIVE PART ................................................................................................. 26 i

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