III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 9. The Application together with a request for provisional measures was filed on 25 March 2021. It was served on the Respondent State on 12 May 2021 for its responses within respectively ninety (90) and fifteen (15) days of receipt. 10. On 3 June and 23 August 2021, the Respondent State filed its submissions respectively on provisional measures and the merits which were notified to the Applicant on 11 February 2022. The Applicant did not file a Reply despite reminders sent to him on 11 February and 11 November 2022, and 10 July 2023. 11. At its 69th Ordinary session, the Court decided to consider the request for provisional measures together with the Application on the merits. The decision was notified to the Parties on 30 June 2023. 12. Pleadings were closed on 1 August 2023 and the Parties duly notified. IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 13. The Applicant prays the Court: On the merits, to: i. Find that the Respondent State violated Articles 4, 7, 13(1) and 26 of the Charter. As to provisional measures, to: ii. Order the Respondent State to publicly acknowledge and accept its responsibility as alleged in the present Application, and to restore his civil and civic rights; and iii. Order the Respondent State to guarantee him the freedom to come and go in his country, and to see and succour his aged and ailing parents. 4