engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration. 20. Without mentioning any particular provision, the Applicants also allege that the brutality and humiliation they endured at the hands of the police is also a violation of the Declaration. 21 . In its Response dated 6 March 2013, the Respondent denies Applicants' claim that it has violated their rights. The Respondent objects to the application of the Declaration in this case. With respect to the allegation of police brutality, the Respondent avers that 11 the Government has not violated any human right of the Applicants nor has it committed any brutal acts to them. The police only discharged their duty of preserving order and peace without causing any harm to the Applicants ... II. D. RELIEF SOUGHT 22. In their original Application dated 16 January 2012, their submission of 30 March, 2012, as well as their Reply to the Respondent's Response, the Applicants pray the Court to: - "Declare that the Respondent violated Articles 7, 8, 23, 25 and 30 of the Declaration , to which the Respondent is a signatory. - Declare that the Applicants were not paid all their claims by the Respondent. - Certify to the Applicants payment of severance allowance with effect from 1 October 2009. 9