!. THE PARTIES 1. The Applicant is Anudo Ochieng Anudo, who states that he was born in 1979 in Masinono, Butiama, United Republic of Tanzania. 2. The Application is filed against the United Republic of Tanzania (hereinafter referred to as "the Respondent State") which became a Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the Charte/') on 21 December 1986 and to the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the Protocol") on 10 February, 2006. !t deposited the declaration prescribed under Article 34 (6) of the Protocol recognizing the jurisdiction of the Court to receive cases from individuals and Non- Governmental organizations on 29 March, 2010. The Respondent State also became a Party to the lnternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the ICCPR") on 11 July, 1976, and to the lnternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the ICESCR) on 11 June, 1976. II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION 3. The Application relates to the withdrawal of nationality and expulsion from the United Republic of ranzania of the Applicant by the Respondent state. A. Facts as stated by the Applicant 4. The Applicant states that in 2012, he approached the Tanzanian authorities of the Babati District Police Station to process formalities for his marriage. The Police decided to retain his passport on the grounds that there were suspicions regarding his Tanzanian citizenship. His Tanzanian nationality was withdrawn and he was then deported to the Republic of Kenya which, in turn, expelled him back to the United Republic of Tanzania; but because he could not enter the country, he remained in the "no man's land" between the Tanzania-Kenya border in Sirari. \ 2 S.