C00928'' 73. The Court therefore finds that the Respondent State has violated Article 7(1Xc) of the Charter by failing to provide free legal assistance. B. The alleged violation of the rights to non-discrimination, equality before the Iaw and equal protection of the Iaw 74.The Applicant contends that the violations of his right to a fair trial also demonstrate that he was not treated equally before the law and that the national courts discriminated against him. 75. The Respondent State refutes these allegations and puts the Applicant to strict proof. T6.Article 2 of the Charter states that "every individual shall be entitled to the enjoyment of rights and freedoms recognized and guaranteed in the present Charter without distinction of any kind such as race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or any other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or any status." 77. Article 3 of the Charter guarantees that "every individual shall be equal before the law" and "...entitled to equal protection of the law"' 78. The Court observes that the Applicant has not demonstrated or substantiated how he has been discriminated against, treated differently or unequally, resulting to discrimination or unequal treatment based on the criteria laid out under Article 2 and 3 of the Charter. 79.|n view of the foregoing, the court finds that the Applicant's rights to nondiscrimination, his right to equality before the law and to equal protection of law as guaranteed under Articles 2 and 3 of the Charter were not violated by the Respondent State. 20