II.4- The Republic of Benin filed a statement of defence and a statement on the
merit all on 31 October 2014, filed at the Registry on 12 November 2014;
II.5- The applicant responded with two statements, both dated 21 November
2014 filed in the Registry on 8 December 2014;
II.6- The suit was adopted and discussed at the external court session in Bissau
(Guinea Bissau) of 23 March 2015. The parties were not present but wrote to
request the judgment of the case based on written briefs;
II.7- The case was reserved for decision in Abuja, the seat of the Court on 23
April 2015;
III- ARGUMENTS AND CLAIMS
III.1- The applicant claimed that on 25 April 2012, he came before this Court of
Justice with two applications against the Republic of Benin, the first is to decide
on the sanctioning of all violations of his rights in the course of criminal
proceedings against him and the second to seek from the Court the use of
expedited procedure, that is this procedure that was used for number
ECW/CCJ/APP/97/12 which resulted in the judgment of 6 March 2014;
III. 2- He maintained that the service of the judgment was only made to him at
his express request and this was several months after the presumptive date of
its delivery, that some sluggishness had negatively influenced the consideration
of facts and principles of law relied upon and justifies what might be called
euphemistically as well described by Article 63 of the Rules as “clerical
mistakes”, “obvious slips” which unfortunately cannot give more to correction
and constraints to resort the omission to give rule procedure, that the present
proceedings therefore has the task to implore reparations of omissions to give
ruling committed during the delivery of the judgment dated 6 March 2014
specifically on:
- Arguments concerning the violation of his rights subject statement of
conclusions dated 26 September 2013,
- The abbreviate application of the procedural delay introduced separately
from the main application,
- The inadmissibility of the conclusion by the Republic of Benin dated 20,
21 and 22 November 2012;
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