17. Consequently, he prayed the Constitutional Council to declare that the aforementioned provisions of the impugned law are not in conformity with the Constitution. 18.1n a Decision rendered on 16 June 2014, the Constitutional Council dismissed Mr. KOUASSI's prayers and declared that the impugned provisions were in conformity with the Constitution. The law was then promulgated on 18 June 2014. 19.1t was in this context that APDH, on 12 July 2014, seized the Court with the instant case. B. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS 20. The Applicant alleges that the Respondent State violated its commitment to establish an independent and impartial electoral body as well as its commitment to protect the right to equality before the law and to equal protection by the law, as prescribed in particular by Articles 3 and 13 (1) and (2) of the Charter on Human Rights, Articles 10(3) and 17(1) of the African Charter on Democracy, Article 3 of the ECOWAS Democracy Protocol, Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Articles 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (herein-after referred to as "the Covenant"). Ill. PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 21. The Application was received at the Registry on 12 July 2014. 7