seek amicable redress in respect of the said recruitment exercise and injustice meted on him, he requested the Respondent to invoke a mediation mechanism for the settlement in accordance with Article 76 and 77 of its Staff Rules and Regulations (EBID). That rather than addressing the Applicant’s complaints, the Respondent summarily and capriciously terminated his appointment without due process and without affording him any opportunity to defend himself. In effect the Applicant’s grievance is that his employment with the Respondent Bank was terminated following a protest letter he wrote directed to the Board of Directors without giving him the right to present his case. It is no doubt that one of the reliefs being sought by the Applicant in his application is a declaration that the Respondent acted arbitrarily, capriciously and in breach of the Respondent’s right to fair hearing. The right to be heard is a fundamental human right which is in accordance with the Principles of Natural Justice. The Applicants having alleged violation of such right invoked a human right issue and this therefore gives the Court the competence to hear the application in accordance with Article 9 (4) of the Supplementary Protocol (A/SP.1/01/05) amending the Protocol of the Court (A/P1/7/91). It provides that the Court shall have jurisdiction to determine cases of human rights violation that occur in Member States. In addition to the above, this Court has made several decisions on competence relying on Article 9 (4) of the Supplementary Protocol and has concluded in series of their decision that mere allegation of human rights is sufficient to invoke the jurisdiction of the Court. See: BAKARRE SARR (ECW/JUD/03/11), HADIJATOU KAROU (ECW/CCJ/JUD/06/08). On the 12 | P a g e