the filing of appeal as an avenue forlquashing decisions of lower courts; — and the Covenant Defendant on invokes Civil and the Political 16 Rights, December which 1966 provides International guarantees for protection. 44, Regarding the right to effective remedy, the Defendant emphasises that such right is guaranteed in the instant case by the channel laid down for filing appeals before the Supreme Court, as provided for in the Law on licit Wealth. For all these oo ‘declare reasons, the Republic of Senegal the Application filed contends that the Court must by the Applicants as ill founded and thereby dismiss same. ANALYSIS OF THE COURT “ N In proceeding to examine the various claims brought by either Party, and in considering their respective legal arguments, the Court decides as follows:. REGARDING VIOLATION OF THE APPLICANTS’ POLITICAL RIGHTS 45. The Applicants allege, on thee, ue, that the: Defendant'State violated the isa, rights to privileges and immunities from prosecution, and as well, it violated the principles of separation of powers and constitutional convergence. a A. In terms of violation of the right to privileges and immunities from prosecution 46. The Applicants Parliamentarians insist om their status of the National Assembly as former of Senegal, Ministers, and on the and as immunity attached to that status as well as the privilege of exemption from prosecution, as stipulated in domestic legal texts such as the Constitution of Senegal, the law creating the Haute Cour de Justice Sénégalaise, and the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly. They base their arguments on Articles 61 and 101(2) of the Constitution of Senegal, notably on Article 7, which deals with illegal wealth, the matter upon which they are being heard in the instant case and in a preliminary inquiry. — 15