TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................. i I. THE PARTIES.................................................................................................... 2 II. SUBJECT MATTER OF THE APPLICATION .................................................... 3 A. Facts of the matter ..................................................................................... 3 B. Alleged violations ....................................................................................... 3 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT ............................. 3 IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES............................................................................ 4 V. THE DEFAULT OF THE RESPONDENT STATE .............................................. 4 VI. JURISDICTION .................................................................................................. 5 VII. ADMISSIBILITY ................................................................................................. 7 VIII. MERITS ........................................................................................................... 10 A. Alleged violation of the right to have one’s cause heard .......................... 11 B. Violation of the right to life ....................................................................... 13 C. Violation of the right to dignity .................................................................. 13 IX. REPARATIONS ............................................................................................... 14 X. COSTS ............................................................................................................. 16 XI. OPERATIVE PART .......................................................................................... 16 i