TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................. i
I.
THE PARTIES.................................................................................................... 2
II.
SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION .................................................................... 3
A.
Facts of the matter .................................................................................... 3
B.
Alleged violations ...................................................................................... 3
III.
SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT ............................. 4
IV.
PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES ............................................................................ 5
V.
JURISDICTION .................................................................................................. 6
VI.
A.
Objection to material jurisdiction ................................................................ 7
B.
Other aspects of jurisdiction .................................................................... 10
ADMISSIBILITY ............................................................................................... 11
A.
Objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies ............................ 12
B.
Objection based on failure to file the Application within a reasonable time
................................................................................................................ 13
C.
Other conditions of admissibility .............................................................. 16
VII. MERITS ........................................................................................................... 17
A.
Alleged violation of the right to a fair trial ................................................. 17
i.
Alleged violation of the right to be tried within a reasonable time.... 17
ii.
Alleged violation of the right to defence .......................................... 23
iii.
Alleged violation of the right to be presumed innocent .................... 31
B.
Alleged violation of the right to life ........................................................... 35
C.
Alleged violation of the right to dignity ..................................................... 41
D.
i.
On the prohibition against cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment42
ii.
On the Applicant’s detention on death row ...................................... 43
iii.
On deplorable prison conditions of the Applicant ............................ 45
Alleged violation of the right to consular assistance ................................ 48
VIII. REPARATIONS................................................................................................ 51
A.
B.
Pecuniary reparations ............................................................................. 52
i.
Material prejudice............................................................................ 52
ii.
Moral prejudice ............................................................................... 53
Non-pecuniary reparations ...................................................................... 55
i.
Amendment of the law to ensure respect for life and dignity ........... 55
ii.
Release ........................................................................................... 56
iii.
Rehearing ....................................................................................... 57
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