227. For these reasons, the Court unanimously:
On Jurisdiction
i)
Dismisses the objection to the Court's material jurisdiction to hear the Application;
ii) Dismisses the objection to the Court's personal jurisdiction to hear
the Application;
iii) Dismisses the objection to the Court's temporal jurisdiction to hear
the Application ;
iv) Declares that it has jurisdiction to hear the Application .
On Admissibility
i)
Dismisses the objection to the admissibility of the Application on the ground
that the Matter is pending before the African Commission on Human and
Peoples' Rights;
Dismisses the objection to the admissibility of the Application on the ground
ii)
that the Court did not conduct a preliminary examination of the admissibility of
the Application ;
iii)
Dismisses the objection to the admissibility of the Application on the ground that the
author of the Application is not the aggrieved party in the complaint;
Dismisses the objection to the admissibility of the Application on the ground of
iv)
failure to exhaust local remedies;
v)
Declares the Application admissible.
On the Merits
i)
Declares that the Respondent has violated Articles 1 , 2 , 8, 14
1 7 ( 2) and ( 3), 21 and 2 2 of the Charter ;
ii)
Declares that the Respondent has not violated Article 4 of the Charter;
iii)
Orders the Respondent to take all appropriate measures within a reasonable
time frame to remedy all the violations established and to inform the Court of
the measures taken within six (6) months from the date of this Judgment;
iv)
Rese rves it s ruIing on reparatio ns ;
v)
Requests the Applicant to file submissions on Reparations within 60 days from
the date of this judgment and thereafter, the Respondent shall file its
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