I. THE PARTIES 1. Al’asaad Milaad (hereinafter referred to as “the Applicant”) is a Tunisian national, shareholder in several companies. He alleges violation of his right to a fair trial and his right to property in connection with the auction sale of a plot of land which he did not win. 2. The Application is filed against the Republic of Tunisia (hereinafter referred to as “the Respondent State”), which became a Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Charter”) on 16 March 1983 and to the Protocol on 21 August 2007. It deposited, on 16 April 2017, the Declaration under Article 34(6) of the Protocol by virtue of which it accepts the jurisdiction of the Court to receive cases from individuals and Non-Governmental Organisations having observer status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Declaration”). On 7 March 2025, the Respondent State deposited, with the African Union Commission, an instrument withdrawing the said Declaration. The Court has held that this withdrawal has no bearing on pending cases and new cases filed before 8 March 2026, which is the day on which the withdrawal took effect, being a period of one year after its deposit.2 II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION A. Facts of the matter 3. It emerges from the Application that the Applicant was a shareholder in Société tunisienne des structures métalliques (hereinafter “ST METAL MILAAD”) which auctioned off a number of its properties on 15 August 2008 to the Société Tunisienne de Banque. 2 Mouaz Khariji Ghannouchi and Others v. Republic of Tunisia, AfCHPR, Application No. 004/2023, Decision on the Application for the revocation of the Order for provisional measures of August 28, 2023, 17 March 2025, §§ 12 and 13. 2