,~''.. HPt,J ACHPR " IfH1.f;Ii!. African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Human Rights our Collective Responsibility 31. On 6th June 2016, the Respondent State submitted its response to the Complainants' Additional Observations and an annexed batch of documentary evidence in support of the Respondent's arguments. 32. Following a 5th May 2021request by the Commission to both parties for updated information on this Communication with regard to the current status of the Gibe III Dam Project and the Kuraz Sugar Project, the Complainants and the Respondent submitted information update on 20th May 2021 and 15th June 2021, respectively. 33. With all the parties' submissions duly entered, the matter was set down for the Commission's determination. Admissibility Submissions of the Complainants 34. The Complainants have not presented any submissions on the Admissibility requirements in Article 56(1), (2), (3), (4), (6) and (7) of the African Charter but dwells on Article 56(5) of the Charter and submit that they have complied with the requirements for Admissibility under the African Charter. 35. In relation to Article 56(5) of the African Charter, the Complainants contend that they do not need to exhaust local remedies because the exceptions to the requirement to exhaust local remedies apply to this Communication on the grounds that effective and sufficient local remedies are not available in the Respondent State. The Complainants provide two main reasons for their contention that effective local remedies are not available to the Victims in the present Corrununication. 36. First, the Complainants argue that local remedies are not available to the Victims because the Respondent State does not recognize their legal right to their traditional territories in spite of constitutional provisions which guarantee the right of pastoralists to free land for grazing and cultivation as well as a right not to be displaced from their lands. The Complainants argue that legislation for implementation of the Constitutional provision has not been enacted and existing legislation that guarantees compensation for acquired land is only available to holders of formal land title which excludes the present Victims. 37.