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59. Whenever the Court observes that there is human rights
violation, the measures that it orders have, as final aim, the
cessation of the said violations and reparations. The Court takes
into account, the circumstances for each case, in order to make
adequate orders. The legitimacy of the measures as well as their
chances of realisation are the principles that guide the Court, in its
pronouncements. When examining a case, whose proceedings are
still on - going in a Member - State, the decisions of the court are
riot geared towards interfering with the decisions that national
courts shall take in their own proceedings. The Court cannot make
orders, whose enforcement shall be seen to w_eaken or rubbish the ..
authority and independence of the judge in the national court, in the i.
examination of cases that are brought before it.
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60. From the exhibits contained in the case file, it can be deducted
that the · grievances of human rights violation, for which the
Republic of Burkina Paso is accused, are within the framework of
a criminal procedure, still on- going, pursuant to the provisions of
laws and rules in vogue in that country. In this regard, the Court
already found out that, if Plaintiff's arrest, for the acts provided for,
and punishable under the laws of Burkina Paso, is not arbitrary,
pursuant to Article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples'
Rights, the police custody that Plaintiff was placed, went beyond
the legally approved period, and therefore, was abusive, and, as
such, constitutes a violation of the same Article.
61. The Court points out that A1iicle 6 of the Charter provides for
the restriction of ··freedom of movement, on the grounds and
conditions that are provided for under the law; the Court also points
out that Mr. Badini Salfo was, after the period of police custody,
indicted,· and placed in preventive detention, by the investigative
judge, on the basis of the crimes for which he is accused; the Court )
thus holds that such a detention, premised on legal basis, is pursuant
to the provisions of Article 6 of the Charter.
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