a.
Indicate their authors even if the latter request anonymity;
b.
Are compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and
with the Charter;
c.
Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed
against the State concerned and its institutions or the African
Union;
d.
Are not based exclusively on news disseminated through the
mass media;
e.
Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is
obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged;
f.
Are submitted within a reasonable time from the date local
remedies were exhausted or from the date set by the Court as
being the commencement of the time limit within which it shall
be seised with the matter; and
g.
Do not deal with cases which have been settled by those States
involved in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the
United Nations, or the Constitutive Act of the African Union, or
the provisions of the Charter.
25. The Court notes that the conditions of admissibility set out in Rule 50(2) of
the Rules are not in contention between the parties. However, pursuant to
Rule 50(1) of the Rules, the Court is obligated to determine the admissibility
of the Application.
26. From the record, the Court notes that, the Applicant has been identified by
name in fulfilment of Rule 50(2)(a) of the Rules.
27. The Court notes that the claims made by the Applicant seek to protect his
rights guaranteed by the Charter. It also notes that one of the objectives of
the Constitutive Act of the African Union as stipulated under Article 3(h), is
to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights. The Court, therefore,
holds that the Application is compatible with the Constitutive Act of the
African Union and the Charter and thus meets the requirements of Rule
50(2)(b) of the Rules.
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