2013, the Respondent State transmitted its additional comments to the Secretariat. Since then, there has been no further written exchanges between the parties. 22. At its 54th Ordinary Session, 15th Extraordinary Session and 16th Extraordinary Session, the Commission considered the Communication and deferred its decision on admissibility due to time constraints. 23. On 10 May 2014, during its 55th Ordinary Session held from 28 April to 12 May 2014 in Luanda, Angola, the Commission considered the Communication and declared it admissible. On 22 May 2014, the Secretariat informed the parties of this decision and requested the Complainant to submit on the merits. 24. On 23 July 2014, the Complainant submitted his observations on the merits which were received at the Secretariat on 6 August 2014. The latter acknowledged receipt thereof and forwarded the same to the Respondent State on 3 September 2014. The Respondent State failed to submit its observations within the sixty-day period. 25. At its 17th Extraordinary Session held from 19 to 28 February 2015 in Banjul, The Gambia, the Commission considered the Communication and decided to grant the Respondent State a final extension to submit its observations within thirty days. The Respondent State failed to submit within this period. On the date of this decision, after a total period of eleven (11) months, the Secretariat had still not received any response. 26. On 15 June 2015, the Complainant submitted to the Commission a request for the indication of provisional measures, including his release and the replacement of the newly appointed judges of the Supreme Court who had previously been part of the prosecution team. The Commission decided not to request for provisional measures to avoid prejudging the merits of the case. The Commission also decided 6