or to face the death penalty as submitted.l'" The Respondent State, therefore, owed an obligation to the Victims to effectively investigate the acts of ill-treatment that impacted their dignity and punish the perpetrators accordingly. Failing to do so only amounted to an infringement of the rights of the Victims under Article 5 of the African Charter and other international instruments that the Respondent State is a party to. 170. Based on the foregoing, the African Commission concludes that the Respondent State violated Article 5 of the African Charter because the acts committed amounted to inhuman treatment, and investigations were not On Alleged Violations of Article 6: The Right to Li 171. Article 6 of the Charter states: "Everyone has I deprived of their liberty except on such law. In particular, no one shall be 172. The Commission notes that out in accordance with the 173. the Person security. No one shall be as are determined by t have carried to its Principles and which s~,t..~mt he obligations the prohibition of arbitrary by law, by order of and and for the purposes investigations to identify reparations to the victims.l'v The , Charter protects two fundamental o~_,oni', and personal security. The first right is '. summarised in two: the right not to be except for reasons and under conditions ve one's freedom restricted or to be confined under conditions prescribed by law. '-"¥>"<"'''''''',. lJlIOU'lHV" e ~~& ~'.;::q;;:p;7Esonalsecurity implies that people and all those who have chosen to liv. ~:~frica sh0.4~~be able to do so safely and peacefully, free from threats and aggressidq':fibm public authorities or private entities. Any restriction on these two rights must be in,accordance with what has been previously established as an established legal norm. echoes its decisions in Constitutional Rights Project/Civil Liberties Organisation vs Nigeria, in which it observed that "where individuals are detained without 174. The Commission charge, [...] this constitutes violation of Article 6." an arbitrary deprivation of their liberty and therefore a