iv. Ms. Nkasori SARAKIKYA, Assistant Director, Human Rights, Principal State Attorney, Office of the Solicitor General; v. Mr. Mark MULWAMBO, Principal State Attorney, Office of the Solicitor General; and vi. Ms Blandina KASAGAMA, Legal Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation. After deliberation, Renders this Judgment: I. THE PARTIES 1. Crospery Gabriel and Ernest Mutakyawa (hereinafter referred to as “the Applicants”) are Tanzanian nationals who were tried, convicted and sentenced to death for the offence of murder. At the time of filing this Application, the Applicants were detained at Butimba Central Prison, Mwanza. The Applicants allege a violation of their rights during proceedings before the domestic courts. 2. The Application is filed against the United Republic of Tanzania (hereinafter referred to as “the Respondent State”), which became a Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Charter”) on 21 October 1986 and to the Protocol on 10 February 2006. Furthermore, on 29 March 2010, the Respondent State deposited the Declaration prescribed under Article 34(6) of the Protocol (hereinafter referred to as “the Declaration”), by virtue of which it accepted the jurisdiction of the Court to receive applications from individuals and NonGovernmental Organisations (NGOs) with observer status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”). On 21 November 2019, the Respondent State deposited with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission an instrument withdrawing its Declaration. The Court has held that this 2