After deliberations,
Renders the following majority ruling:
1- SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION
1. The Court was seized with an Application entitled Karata Ernest and
Others v. Attorney General, dated 16 January 2012, and signed by
Mr. Ahmad Kimaro, on behalf of a group of ex-employees of the East
African Community (hereinafter referred to as "the Applicants"),
against the United Republic of Tanzania , (hereinafter referred to as
"the Respondent").
A. THE PARTIES
2. The Applicants are all nationals of the Respondent State. On 27
September, 2013 , the Court amended the name of the Applicants
from Karata Ernest and Others to Frank David Omary and Others.
3. The Respondent is a State Party to the African Charter on Human
and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the Charter") as well
as the Protocol . The Respondent has also made the declaration
required under Article 34(6) of the Protocol, recognizing the
jurisdiction of this Court to receive cases from individuals, and NGOs
with observer status before the African Commission on Human and
Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission"). --~~::----
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