The documents produced included: letters of assignment of Counsels for the beneficiaries
of Norbert Zongo eta/; letters from the Counsel requesting that some witnesses be heard;
warrants for the detention and for extension of the period of detention of the accused;
several medical documents on the state of health of the suspect; several summons for
witnesses and the suspect; twenty seven (27) reports on the hearings.
43. By letter dated 2 January 2014, the Registrar served these documents on the
Applicants.
44. By letter dated 29 January 2014, the Applicants submitted to the Court, following its
request at the Public Hearing of 29 November 2013, the written submissions of MaTtre B.
N. Sankara at the Public Hearing, as well as documents annexed to the pleadings. The
documents produced were, inter alia, the Applicants' complaint in a civil suit; several
reports on interrogations and adversarial procedures; exchange of correspondence
between the Applicants and the Prosecutor of Faso on the subject of reopening of
investigations into the matter, after the 18 July 2006 Order to terminate proceedings.
45. During the written procedure, the parties made the following submissions:
On behalf of the Applicants,
In the application:
"52. In view of the above-mentioned points of fact and the law, without prejudice to
elements of fact and of law, and elements of evidence which may later be adduced, as
well as the right to amend and supplement this document, the beneficiaries of Late
Norbert Zongo, Abdoulaye Nikiema alias Ablasse, Ernest Zongo and Blaise llboudo and
the Burkinabe Human and Peoples' Rights Movement, respectfully pray the Court to:
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