the 25 July 2019 ruling of the CRIET; and to remove all impediments to his
participation in presidential, municipal and communal elections.
92. He contends that the Respondent State did not implement any of these
decisions and did not submit any report showing that it did.
93. The Applicant considers that, by failing to comply with these decisions, the
Respondent State violated Article 30 of the Protocol.
94. The Respondent State did not submit on this allegation.
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95. Article 30 of the Protocol provides that:
The States parties to the present Protocol undertake to with the
judgment in any case to which they are parties within the time
stipulated by the Court and to guarantee its execution.
96. The Court notes that the term “judgment” includes both its judgments and
its rulings, the binding nature of which is confirmed by Rule 72 (2) of the
Rules, which provides that “The decisions shall be binding on the parties
and are enforceable as provided under Article 30 of the Protocol”.
97. The Court observes that the fact that the Applicant refers to the nonexecution of several decisions it has rendered notwithstanding, it considers
that it must take into account only the decisions in which the Applicant was
a party, in particular the rulings on provisional measures of 5 May and 25
September 2020, and the judgment of 4 December 2020 – Application No.
003/2020 - Houngue Eric Noudéhouenou v. Benin.
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