8. Article 3(1) of the Protocol provides that "the jurisdiction of the Court shall extend to all cases and disputes submitted to it concerning the interpretation and application of the Charter, this Protocol and any other relevant Human Rights instrument ratified by the States concerned". 9. The Respondent ratified the Charter on 9 March 1984 and the Protocol on 10 February 2006, and is party to both instruments; it equally deposited, on 29 March 2010, a declaration accepting the competence of the Court to receive cases from individuals and NonGovernmental Organisations , within the meaning of Article 34(6) of the Protocol read together with Article 5(3) of the Protocol. 10. The alleged violations the Applicants are complaining about are guaranteed under Article 7(1) of the Charter and the Court therefore has jurisdiction ratione materiae over the Application . 11. In light of the foregoing, the Court has satisfied itself that, prima facie , it has jurisdiction to deal with the Application . IV. On the provisional measures 12. In their Application, the Applicants did not request the Court to order provisional measures.