on Human and Peoples' Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 1990, human rights actions could have been instituted. The Complainant has neither referred to these possible procedures, nor steps taken in respect of the same, or why they may not be available or sufficient. For these reasons, the Commission finds that the Complainant had failed to meet the requirement under Article 56 (5). 47. Article 56 (6) of the African Charter provides consider Communications which "are submitted from the time domestic Commission is seized requirement "is quite remedies of the related are the The the Commission or from Commission principle shall within a reasonable period exhausted matter." to that of the the date held the that exhaustion of this local remedies in accordance with article 56(5)," and that where domestic remedies have not been exhausted, Complainant the time opportunity has to not begun to run bring a Complaint. 7 such as to afford the As domestic remedies have not been exhausted in the present case, the reasonable time period cannot be computed, and the Commission finds that the admissibility requirement under Article 56 (6) of the African Charter is not met. 48. The Complainants Complaint has Commission not thus indicate been finds that settled that the in compliance before any other with Article international requirement under Article 56 56 (7), forum. (7) has the The been complied with. 49. For the reasons set out above, the Commission finds that Article 56 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (7) have been met, but that the Complainant has failed to meet the criteria for Article 56 (5) and (6). Decision of the African Commission on Admissibility 50. In view of the above, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decides to: 1. Declare the Communication inadmissible for failure to comply with Article 56 (5) and (6) of the African Charter; and ii. Notify its decision to the parties in accordance with Rule 107 (3) of its Rules of Procedure. Done in Banjul, The Gambia, at the 65th Ordinary Session, held from 21 October to 10 November 2019 9