110. Article 7 of the Charter stipulates that: "1. Every individual shall have the right to have his cause heard. This comprises: a) The right to an appeal to competent national organs against acts violating his fundamental rights as recognized and guaranteed by conventions, laws, regulations and customs in force; b) The right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty by a competent court or tribunal; c) The right to defence, including the right to be defended by counsel of his choice.... 111. Article 14 of ICCPR provides that'All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals. ln the determination of any criminal charge against him, or of his rights and obligations in a suit at law, every one shall be entitled to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent impartial tribunal established by law... and " 112. The Court notes that the African Commission on Human and peoples, Rights has held that in matters of deprivation of nationality, the State has "the obligation to offer the individual the opportunity to challenge the decision" and is of the opinion that the State should conduct a judicial enquiry in the proper form in accordance with national legislation.l2. 113. ln the instant case, the Court notes that in matters of immigration, the Tanzanian lmmigration Law of 1995 defining "illegal immigrant" provides that the decision of the Minister of Home Affairs dectaring a person an "illegal immigrant" shall be final [Article 10 (0]. lt follows that, in this case, the Applicant was ri prioi unable to appeal against the Minister's administrative decision before a national court. 114. The court, in any case, hords that even if, in the silence of aforementioned immigration law, the Applicant had, under trrtattgl of Amnesty lnternational v. Zambia, Communication No. 212gg(leee) by the African commission on Human and peoples' Rights on the Right to ]'z 24 the a general Also see the Study 36 (2004) rG J) v ,27./ q

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