Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Protocol”) on 22 August 2014. On 8 February 2016, the Respondent State deposited the Declaration provided for in Article 34(6) of the Protocol (hereinafter referred to as “the Declaration”) by virtue of which it accepted the jurisdiction of the Court to receive applications from individuals and Non-Governmental Organizations. On 25 March 2020, the Respondent State deposited with the African Union Commission the instrument of withdrawal of the said Declaration. The Court has ruled that the withdrawal has no bearing on pending cases or on new cases filed before the entry into force of the withdrawal, one (1) year after the deposit, in this case, on 26 March 2021.1 II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION A. Facts of the matter 3. It emerges from the Application that Mr Assouma MAMA SEÏDOU, the Applicant���s father, decided to join the peaceful demonstration that took place in Cotonou on 1 May 2019 at the home of Thomas Boni Yayi, former President of the Republic, to prevent the arrest of the latter by the security forces. The Applicant avers that her father was fatally shot by security forces, and his lifeless body deposited the next day in the mortuary of the Centre national hospitalier universitaire of Cotonou (CNHU-Cotonou) before being returned to his family without any death certificate. 4. The Applicant further avers that neither the Government nor the Public Prosecutor made a statement on the circumstances that led to the death of her father and other persons who were “shot” during the events. She also states that no criminal proceedings have been instituted against the perpetrators of the shootings. 1 Houngue Eric Noudehouenou v. Republic of Benin, ACtHPR, Application No. 003/2020, Order (provisional measures), 5 May 2020, §§ 4 and 5 and Corrigendum of 29 July 2020. 2