117. He further contends that under Article 121 of the Constitution, a citizen may contest the constitutionality of a law before the Constitutional Court only after the said law has been passed. 118. He further contends that the Respondent State violates the right of judges by not affording them any remedy against the decisions of the HJC. 119. He avers that the fact that the Respondent State prevents citizens from intervening prior to the law being passed and does not afford judges a remedy to challenge the decisions of the HJC constitutes a violation of Article 1(h) of the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Article 8 of the UDHR. 120. The Respondent State did not submit on this allegation. *** 121. Article 7(1)(a) of the Charter provides that: “Everyone shall have the right to have his cause heard. This comprises (a) the right to an appeal to competent national organs against any act violating his fundamental rights recognized and guaranteed to him by conventions, laws, regulations and customs in force”; 122. This Article will be read together with Article 2(3)(a) of the ACDEG, Article 1(h) of the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Article 8 of the UDHR Article which respectively provides: “Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes […] to ensure that any person whose rights or freedoms as herein recognized are violated 33