Original: French
I.
THE PARTIES
1. The Applicant is the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
(hereinafter referred to as the "Commission" or "the Applicant"). The
Applicant seised the Court following a communication filed before it on
behalf of SaH AI Islam Kadhafi , a citizen of Libya, detained in a secret
location.
2. The Respondent is the State of Libya which ratified the African Charter
on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the Charter")
on 19 July 1986, and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and
Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human
and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the Protocol") on 19
November 2003; and acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights (hereinafter referred to as "ICCPR") on 15 May 1970.
II.
SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION
3. The Court was seised of this matter through an Application dated 28
February 2013, brought by the Applicant, pursuant to Rule 34 of the
Rules of Court (hereinafter referred to as "the Rules").
4. The Application was filed following a Communication subm itted on 2
April 2012 before the African Commission on ~ a~d/Peoples~
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