is the day on which the withdrawal took effect, being a period of one (1) year after its deposit.2 II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION A. Facts of the matter 3. It emerges from the record that on 28 December 2000, the Applicant lured a thirteen (13) year old girl to his house and raped her. The girl reported the incident to her grandmother who further reported it to the Village Executive Officer. The Village Executive Office reported the matter to the police who arrested and then arraigned the Applicant in the District Court of Nzega. On 17 April 2001, the Applicant was convicted and sentenced to thirty (30) years in prison and twelve (12) strokes of the cane as well as a fine of Tanzanian Shillings twenty thousand (TZS 20,000) as compensation to the victim. 4. The Applicant appealed against his conviction and sentence at the High Court of Tanzania sitting at Tabora, which dismissed the appeal on 25 March 2002. He further appealed to the Court of Appeal which dismissed his appeal for lack of merit on 7 March 2005. 5. On 30 October 2015, the Applicant filed an application seeking for extension of time to file for review of the Court of Appeal’s decision which was dismissed on 22 September 2017. B. Alleged violations 6. The Applicant alleges that: 2 Andrew Ambrose Cheusi v. United Republic of Tanzania (judgment) (26 June 2020) 4 AfCLR 219, §§ 37-39. 3