6. The Complainant claims that the facts outlined above constitute:
a violation of Articles 5, 7 and 14 of the African Charter, but also
Articles 10, 11 (1), and 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights;
Articles 7, 9 (3), 14 (1), (2) (3) and (5) of the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights.
7. The Complainant therefore requests the African Commission to:
a. Find the DRC in violation of Articles 5, 7 and 14 of the African Charter;
b. Declare the DRC responsible for serious violations of the provisions of
the African Charter as indicated above, to the detriment of the Victims;
c. Request the DRC to make torture an offense in its national legislation;
d. Declare that legal decisions taken simply on the basis of declarations
without any legal grounds seriously infringe the rights and liberties
recognised by the African Charter.
8. The Complainant further requests the African Commission to:
Ensure that the ordinary Criminal Procedure Code is complied with;
Restore all the movable and immovable property of the Victims;
Pay the Victims fair and equitable compensation, as damages and interest.
The Procedure:
9. The Secretariat of the African Commission wrote to the Complainant, on 29
August 2003, acknowledging receipt of the Communication from PROJUST. The
Secretariat further informed the Complainant that the Complaint would be
considered on seizure by the Commission during its 34th Ordinary Session,
scheduled for 6 to 20 November 2003 in Banjul, The Gambia.
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