its legislation on defamation
in order to make
it compliant with Article 9 of the Charter,
Article 19 of the Covenant and Article 66(2) of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty.”°8 Further,
in a case involving the Republic of Mali, the Court held that:
... with respect to the measures requested by the Applicants in paragraph
16 (i), (ii), (iv), (Vv), (vi) and (vii), relating to the amendment of the national
law, the Court holds that the Respondent State has to amend its legislation
to bring it in line with the relevant provisions of the applicable international
instruments.°9
118.
The
Court
having
found
that
article
41(7)
of the
Respondent
State’s
Constitution violates Articles 1, 2, and 7(1)(a) of the Charter orders the Respondent
State
to
take
all necessary
constitutional
and
legislative
measures,
reasonable time, to ensure that article 41(7) of its Constitution
within
is amended
aligned with the provisions of the Charter so as to eliminate, among
others,
a
and
any
violation of Articles 2, and 7(1) (a) of the Charter.
119.
The Respondent State is also ordered to report to the Court, within twelve
(12) months of this judgment,
on the measures taken to implement the terms of
this judgment.
B. Other measures of reparations
120.
The
Court notes that the Applicant did not specifically request for other
measures of reparation but prays the Court to order “any other remedy and/or relief
that the Honourable Court will deem to grant.”
kK
121.
The Court recalls that Article 27(1) of the Protocol gives it power to “make
appropriate orders to remedy” violations. In the circumstances, the Court reaffirms
38 Lohe Issa Konate v. Burkina Faso (merits) §176.
38 APDF and IHRDA v. Mali (merits and reparations) (2018) 2 AfCLR 380 §130.
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