also BAKARE SARRE V MALI (2011) ECW/CCJ/JUD/03/11 and Dr. GEORGE S. BOLEY V. THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA & 3 ORS. (2019) ECW/CCJ/JUD/24/19. In line with the above jurisprudence of the Court vis-à-vis the facts of the present application, the Court holds itself competent to hear and determine the matter. ISSUE 2: IF THE ANSWER IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE COURT MUST DETERMINE WHETHER THE APPLICANTS HAVE ESTABLISHED A VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS AS CLAIMED. The Applicants in their application have contended that the Respondent’s act of arrest, detention and prosecution whilst exercising their fundamental human rights, especially their right to peaceful assembly, fair trial and the right to life is in violation of their right. Further, that the alleged torture, inhuman and degrading treatment meted out on them whilst in custody of the Respondent is an affront to their dignity. Furthermore, the Applicants also challenge the alleged death of one of them (Ebrima Solo Sadeng) in custody of the Respondent as a violation of his right to life. Subject to the above averments, the Applicants relied on the provisions of Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 & 13 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, Articles 3, 4(1) And 25 (a) of The Protocol to The African Charter On Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa and Article 1 (j) of the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance. To determine the series of Human Right violations alleged by the Applicants, the Court will now outline the series of Human Right violations alleged, examine and assess the facts and arguments as canvassed by the Applicants in the pursuit of proving their case before it. The same will be done according to the thematic issues raised in the Application hereunder. i. ARREST AND DETENTION The Applicants aver that in the exercise of their right to assembly, they embarked on a peaceful protest on the 14th and 16th of April 2016 respectively. In the course of the protest, they were arrested and detained 13