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First submission
Turtonias prosecution of Peaps under the IA violates his FOE. Under this submission, I have two points:
First point. The prosecution fails to satisfy the 3-part test of Article 19 of the ICCPR.
Second. Assuming without conceding that the IA is valid, Peaps did not violate Section 1 (b) of the law.
For my first point, the prosecution of Peaps under the IA fails the standards provided by the 3-part test.
Going to my first submission: The prosecution of Peaps under the IA fails the 3-part test.
First, the prosecution and the IA are not prescribed by law.
Much like our previous submissions against the ODPA,
1. Applicants submit that the IA is not prescribed by law because Peaps could not have reasonably
foreseen the liability of his expressions.
In a 2014 case decided by the High Court of Zambia, Chipenzi v. People.
(Back-up: case decided by Supreme Court of Mexico, Article 373 of the Mexican Penal Code)
Peaps prosecution is comparable to this case.
Third and lastly, the prosecution is not necessary because it does not address a pressing social
need. There is no direct connection with the post of Peaps and the violence that ensued afterwards.
Second point. Assuming without conceding that the the IA is valid, Peaps did NOT violate 1b of the IA.
Applicants submit that Peaps should not be liable because the post was never proven to be false.
Onus probandi incumbit actori. NY times v. Sullivan.
Therefore, we have established that the prosecution of Peaps under the IA violates international law.
For my first point, As applied to Scoops, the prosecution under the IA fails the three-part test.
1. YE, Applicants submit that the IA does not pursue a legitimate state aim.
The prosecution misapplies the protection of the rights and reputations of others.
Following the public figure doctrine, Kola is a public figure whose activities as Minister of Immigration
(note for three years) pertaining to her use and abuse of power are essentially of public interest.
a. Obbo and another v. Attorney General.
b. Bjork v. Iceland
Applicants also reiterate our earlier arguments that the post is protected political speech that contributes
to public debate as it concerns national security.
2. Applicants submit that the IA is not necessary in a democratic society because it is not the least
intrusive measure.
Legal basis for proportionality vis--vis least restrictive measures.
a. Marques v. Angola
b. Coleman v. Australia
Apply least restrictive measures: look at the facts; give judges an alternative
Advocacy: arbiters of truth