000?3 ilt { the appointment of a new counsellor for the pre-hearing; the interruption of the previously ordered appraisal and the closure of the pre-hearing by the Abidjan Court of Appeal; IV the fact, on the one hand, that the Supreme Court rejected the Applicant's claims in their entirety while granting allthe claims brought by his opponent and, on the other, the fact that the President of the Judicial Chamber moved the case from the 2nd Civil Chamber B to the 1st Civil Chamber whose President has become the new Counsellor-Rapporteur, b) that his right to equality before the law protected by Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 3 of the Charter and Article 2 (2) of the Constitution has been violated due to the rejection of his supplementary pleadings by the Supreme Court on the grounds of inadmissibility whereas the said pleadings have been filed within the statutory time limit; c) that his right to effective remedy protected by Article 8 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 3 (a) of the ICCPR and Article 7 (1) of the Charter has been violated due to the absence of remedies under lvorian law against Supreme Court decisions dismissing a case. III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT g. The Application was filed with the Registry of the court on 11 July, 2016. By a letter dated 19 July, 2016, the Registry acknowledged receipt thereof and notified the Applicant of its registration. 10. By a letter dated 29 September, 2016, the Registry served the Application on the Respondent State and invited the latter to forward the names of its representatives, as well as its Response, within the time limit prescribed by the Rules of Court. 4 N} 7'". e