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if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged." The Commission
requires exhaustion of local remedies where they are 'available, effective and sufficient
to redress the alleged violation. '26 An available remedy is one where 'the petitioner can
pursue it without impediment' .27 An effective remedy will be one that 'offers a prospect
of success. '28 A remedy will be sufficient 'if it is capable of redressing the complaint.' 29
55. The Commission recalls that an effective remedy will be one that 'offers a prospect of
success', 30 and 'upon success, the appropriate relief is one that is capable of
adequately and timely redressing the specific violation suffered'. 31 It should also be
noted that a prospect of success of a remedy need not be 'certainty or guarantee of a
favourable outcome for the complainant' but simply an assurance of full and fair
examination of the legal issues and arguments. 32 In determining the propensity of a
remedy to offer real prospects of success the Commission will assess the nature of
the complaint, the 'general legal and political context' of the remedies, and the
complainant's personal circumstances.33
56. The Complainants argue that they exhausted local remedies when they approached
the Constitutional Court which is the highest Court in the Respondent State. The
Respondent State contends that the Complainants did exhaust local remedies
because the matter of Counselling services for the Complainant and the claim for
monetary compensation was never deliberated on by the Courts of the Respondent
State. Further, that the Complainant still had to approach the Registry of the
Constitutional Court for a court order on the undertaking of the Limpopo Department
of Education and Ministry of Education to fund the Complainant's Counselling
services.
57. The Commission will now turn to examine the litigation that happened in High Court
case No: 7515/2020 and Constitutional Court case of CCT297/20. The Commission
notes that the in the Respondent State's Courts, the Complainant alleged a violation
of the right to education due to being prevented from taking his examination and
prayed for a timely re-sit, as well as for the Respondent State to carry the costs of his
counselling services. In the present Communication, the Complainant alleges a
violation of his rights to attain the best possible state of physical a·n~ mental health
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Communication 147/95-149/96: Sir Dawda K. Jawara v Gambia (The), 11 May 2000, para 31.
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