criminals, if he remains silent about the incident and does not report it to his parents, which Ahmed did at the time. 13. According to the Complainants, since birth, the child suffers from partial paralysis to his right arm affecting his motor skills. Before detention, he attended weekly physiotherapy and occupational therapy to improve his motor skills. It is alleged that he was deprived of the sessions throughout his detention due to the absence of a specialist in the Correctional Facility and the Youth Centre and the refusal of the authorities to transfer him weekly to the hospital for sessions. 14. The Complainants further allege that Ahmed missed 3 final exams at school and had to retake eight subjects as a result. The Centre allegedly made it difficult for the child to pursue his studies as he has to be transferred from Cairo to Alexandria for his exams which resulted in him missing the 3 final exams. Ill.The African Committee's Analysis and Decision on Admissibility 15. The current Communication is submitted pursuant to Article 44 of the African Children's Charter which allows the Committee to receive and consider complaints from "any person, group or non-governmental organization recognized by the Organization of the African Unity, Member States, or the United Nations on matters covered by the Charter". The Complainants, therefore, have submitted that they have the competence to submit the communication on the basis of this provision. The Complainants also stated that the Communication is directed against a State Party to the African Children's Charter, as the respondent State ratified the ACRWC on the gth of may 2001, and within whose jurisdictions the alleged violations of the rights enshrined in the Charter have allegedly been committed. 16. As provided under Section II and Section IX of the Revised Communication Guidelines, the admissibility of a communication submitted pursuant to Article 44 is subject to conditions relating to authorship, form and content as considered below. i. Requirement as to Authorship 15. The Committee notes that the Communication explicitly states the names of the authors. Therefore, this communication satisfies the requirement as to authorship. ii. Requirements as to Form 17. The Complainants submitted that the present communication satisfies the requirement as to form as set out in Section 2 (2) of the Revised Communication Guidelines, which states that a Communication can only be considered by the Committee if it is not anonymous, it is written in one of the official languages of the Committee, it concerns a State signatory to the Charter and it is duly signed by the complainant or her/his representatives. In this 4