120. The Applicants relied their claims on Articles 9, 35 paragraphs b), d) of
the ECOWAS Staff Regulations; Article 9 paragraph 1-b of the
Supplementary Protocol (A/SP.1/01/05); Articles 1344-1 and 1382 of the
Civil Code in force in Benin.
c) Reliefs Sought
121. The Applicant concludes, seeking from the Court:
AS TO THE FORM:
i. To declare that it entertains jurisdiction;
ii. To accept the Applicants' action as admissible;
AS TO MERIT TO:
iii. Declare it to be well-founded;
iv. Find that the Applicants were recruited by various contracts to serve
ECOWAS, according to the referenced documents;
v. Find that the Applicants have effectively served ECOWAS within the time
frames indicated, as the case may be, as seen in the tables contained in the
documents gathered;
vi. Find that the Staff Regulations provide for resettlement and separation
allowances in favor of the Applicants;
vii. Find that the non-payment of the said gratuity constitutes a violation of
the Staff Regulations and Community law;
viii. Find that since 2013, that is, already seven (7) years that Mr. Elie Francis
GNIMAGNON, Mr. Vinagnon ZANNOUBO and Mr. SOGOYOU Cossi,
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