injunction before the court would grant an interim
injunction has been removed.”
We agree with this more progressive approach and will invoke
these principles in determining the present Motion.
19. Before examining whether the Applicant’s Motion meets the
abovementioned conditions, we wish to point out, as regards
the question of jurisdiction raised by Counsel for the
Respondent, that at this stage of the proceedings, the Court
will not address this matter which is one of the issues for
determination in the Reference. But suffice it to say that as
long as a party moves the Court asking for the interpretation
of the Treaty in order to determine whether or not, an act,
regulation, directive, decision or action of a Partner State is
unlawful or is an infringement of the provisions of the Treaty,
the Court cannot refrain from fulfilling its mandate as provided
by Article 30 (1) as read together with Articles 23 (1) and 27(1)
of the Treaty.
20. In
the
instant
Application,
the
Applicant
injunction
orders
restraining
and
prohibiting
seeks
the
Government of Burundi from undertaking actions which
amount to encroachment of his land property. His rights
to that land have been confirmed by a land title duly
issued by the Registrar of Land Tiles of Burundi. This
position, however, is denied strongly by Counsel for the
Respondent who alleges that the Applicant has no right to
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