machinery, right to participate in their cultural life and to a social order in
which these fundamental freedoms can be enhanced and preserved.
F.
A DECLARATION that acts of the Defendant regarding the Members
of Plaintiffs’ Community, are inconsistent with and offends the provisions of
Articles 1,5,12(i) and 15 in terms of their rights to existence and freedom of
choice as to who they are and where they belong and Defendant perpetrating
acts that impinge on the preservation and enjoyment of the rights guaranteed
under the covenant, inhibits their enjoyment of the highest attainable
standard of physical and mental health and the freedom to participate in their
cultural life.
G.
A DECLARATION that the acts of the Defendant regarding the
Members of the Plaintiff Community are inconsistent with and offends the
fundamental freedoms enshrined and guaranteed under Articles 1,2,3(a)(b)
and (c) 3,5,7,9(i),12,25(c),26 and 27 of the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights, in terms of their rights through the direct acts of the
Defendants’ Police authority, the inhumane and degrading treatment
resulting therefrom, invasion of their rights to liberty and security, movement
and freedom to reside in their homeland, denial of the Defendant’s obligation
to protect and preserve these rights, and their right as Igala speaking people
in Community with their kiths and kin to enjoy their own culture, to profess
their historical heritage and identity in accordance with the freedom
notwithstanding the status of their territory
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