-5- 10. 10. Article 9 of the Charter provides as follows: "1) Every individual shall have the right to receive information. 2) Every individual shall have the right to express and disseminate his opinions within the laws and regulations". 11. Article 19 of the Covenant, for its part, provides that: "1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. 2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice. 3. The exercise of the rights provided for in paragraph 2 of this article carries with it special duties and responsibilities. It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary: (a) For respect of the rights or reputations of others; (b) For the protection of national security or of public order or of public health or morals". 12. The Applicant also refers to the violation of Article 66 (2) (c) of the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) of 24 July 1993, (hereinafter referred to as "the Revised ECOWAS Treaty") in which State Parties undertook to protect the rights of Journalists, which according to him is, "the profession in the exercise of which the Applicant's rights were violated"