16. In the instant case, the Court, having noted in its aforementioned Judgment of 5
December 2014, violations of the Charter, the Covenant and the Revised
ECOWAS Treaty by the Respondent State, the latter is required to make full
reparation for the damage it has caused to the Applicant as well as to his family.
17. The Court notes finally that, in the instant case, the internationally wrongful acts
which generated the international responsibility of the Respondent State are
those referred to in paragraph 6 above. All the reparation claims therefore have
to be considered and assessed in relation only to these wrongful acts.
18. In light of the foregoing principles and observations, the Court will now consider
the different prayers for reparation made by the Applicant which consist of
measures for restitution and repair of the damage, both material and moral,
suffered by himself and members of his family.
A) On restitution
19. The Applicant maintains that he grounded his Application on the afore-mentioned
principles as well as on the extensive jurisprudence on the issue of compensation
in seeking full reparation for all the damage caused to him and to his family by
the Respondent State.
20. With regard to restitution in particular, he contended that he had to be restored to
the status quo ante prior to the violation of the afore-mentioned international
obligations by the Respondent State.
21 . As concrete measures of restitution , he prays the Court to order the Respondent
State to expunge outright from his judicial records all criminal convictions against
him and set aside the other pecuniary sanctions imposed on him.
22.
In its Response, the Respondent State indicated that it has no objection to the
criminal sentences being expunged from the judicial records of the Applicant, but
that the latter has to execute the civil sentences because he had admitted the
facts before domestic courts and pleaded guilty to the offense for which he was
prosecuted and convicted. The Respondent State however stated that, in this
regard, it would defer to the wisdom of the Court.
7