in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and
international instruments are guaranteed in each Member State of
ECOWAS, any individual or organization the ability to make this
guarantee by the courts of common law or by a special court or any
national institution established within the framework of an
international instrument Rights " which refers to the African Charter on
Human and Peoples' Rights, criticized the Senegalese law to be contrary to
Community law of ECOWAS and of violating the principle of non-retroactivity of
criminal law and the constitutional principle of convergence.
32. The Applicant based on Article 9 of the Protocol on the Court which
empowers the Court to assess the failures of states to their obligations under the
Treaty and other Community texts, asks the Court to declare that the Senegal had
violated the principle of non-retroactivity of criminal law and thus committed a
breach of duty online community.
33. However, as the case of a breach of a Community obligation by a Member
State, the Applicant, an individual is not entitled to refer the Court to the terms of
Article 10 of Additional Protocol on the Court , also on this point must be
dismissed the complaint made by Mr. Hissein Habre.
c) The violation related to effective remedy
34. The Applicant based on the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights which enshrines "the effective remedy by the competent national courts
against acts violating the fundamental rights that are recognized by the
Constitution or by law" Defendant complains that the d have infringed its right to
effective remedy to the extent that section 74 of the Constitution of Senegal
excludes the exercise of this right by individuals. Mr. Hissein Habre explained that
this exclusion was prevented from raising a breach of the principle of non-