56. In the instant Application, the Applicants have provided no evidence on the basis of which the Court can assess as to whether they were discriminated against or not. Given the lack of evidence, in support of the Applicants’ allegations, the Court finds that the Applicants’ allegation of violation of Article 2 of the Charter has not been established. 57. Accordingly, the Court dismisses the alleged violation of Article 2 of the Charter. B. Alleged violation of the right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law 58. The Applicants allege that their right to equality before the law and to equal protection of the law under Article 3 of the Charter was violated. * 59. The Respondent State’s submissions did not directly address the Applicants’ allegations under Article 3 of the Charter. It, however, generally submitted that it had not violated any of the Applicants’ rights under the Charter. *** 60. Article 3 of the Charter provides as follows: 1. Every individual shall be equal before the law 2. Every individual shall be entitled to equal protection of the law. 61. As the Court has previously emphasized, the right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law, as enshrined in Article 3 of the Charter, is closely related to the right to protection against discrimination, protected in Article 2 of the Charter.19 The right to equality before the law requires that September 2019) 3 AfCLR 498, §§ 75-77. 19 African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Kenya (merits), supra, § 138. 15