such with Reference No. 009/2020. The Registry informed the Applicant of this on 28 February 2020. 8. On 4 March 2021, the Application was served on the Respondent State for its Response within 60 days of receipt. 9. After several extensions of time, the Parties filed their submissions on the merits of the Application and on reparations. 10. Pleadings were closed on 18 May 2023 and the Parties were duly notified. IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 11. The Applicant prays the Court to: i. Declare that it has jurisdiction; ii. Dismiss all preliminary objections; iii. Declare the Application admissible; iv. Hold that the Respondent State violated the rights of the victims to have their case heard by domestic courts, guaranteed by Article 7 of the Charter, insofar as it failed to act with due diligence in the search, investigation and trial of those who were responsible for the atrocities perpetrated across the country during the April 2019 legislative elections; v. Hold that the Respondent State violated Articles 4 and 5 of the Charter by infringing on the right to life and the right not to be subjected to inhuman, cruel and degrading treatment, insofar as its armed forces fired live ammunition at hundreds of protestors on 1 and 2 May 2019 at Cadjéhoun, in the 12th District of the Cotonou Municipality; vi. Hold that the Respondent State violated Articles 1 and 7(1) of the Charter by adopting Law No. 2019-39 of 7 November 2019, granting amnesty for criminal acts, misdemeanours, or minor offences committed during the legislative elections of April 2019; 4