75. In this sequence and and as mentioned above, this Court has already stated several times that a non-governmental organization (NGO), duly registered in its country, can, on behalf of the victim, take legal action for violation of human rights. 76. Likewise, the Court considered that, according to the actio popularis principle, the Applicant has the locus standi to institute actions on behalf of the victims, without the need to demonstrate that he has a specific mandate by the victims. 77. In this sense, this Court highlighted in the case The Registered Trustees of the SocioEconomic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) v. Federal Republic of Nigeria and 8 Ors, when ruling that: “Based on those authorities, and taking into account the need to reinforce the access to justice for the protection of human and people's rights in the African context, the Court holds that an NGO duly constituted according to national law of any ECOWAS Member State, and enjoying observer status before ECOWAS institutions can file complaints against Human Rights violation in cases that the victim is not just a single individual, but a large group of individuals or even entire communities. Thus in considering the social purposes of the Plaintiff and the regularity of its constitution it does not need any specific mandate from the people of Niger Delta to bring the present law suit to the Court for the alleged violation of human rights that affect people of that region.” (§ 61). 78. So, in a “actio popularis”, the Applicant needs only to demonstrate that there is a public interest worthy of protection that has been allegedly violated; that the matter in question is judicious and that the legal action is not brought for the personal benefit of the applicant, that is, that the sought reliefs must not be for the applicant's own benefit, and the identification of the victims is not an essential requirement for the action to be brought before the court. 79. This position was held by this Court in Judgment No. ECW/CCJ/JUD/06/19, delivered in the case REV. FR. SOLOMON MFA & 11 Ors v. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, while mentioning that: “However there are two conditions in the implementation of this principle, the first is that the action must be awarded on public interest. Following from the above, is the 19

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