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3, Regarding the requirement that the Communication be submitted within a reasonable time after the
exhaustion of local remedies as provided for under Article 56(6), the Complainant submits that such a
time limit could only start when it became aware and certain that the Respondent State would not fulfil
its obligations and pay the compensation awarded by the Tribunal. The Complainant states that it was
only in August 2014 that she became aware with certainty that, despite all efforts, it would not obtain
the compensation awarded by the Tribunal, and that the Communication was therefore lodged within
a reasonable time,
4, On the requirement of Article 55(7),the Complainant states that the Communication has not been subject
to any other procedure.
Respondent State's Arguments on Admissibility
5. The Respondent State has not submitted
its observations on the Admissibility of this Communication
despite repeated requests to do so'by the Secretariat.
Commission's Analysis on Admissibility
6. This Communication has been submitted in accordance with Article 55 of the African Charter which
mandates the Commission to receive and consider Communications other than those from States Parties.
In order to be declared admissible, the said Communications must meet the conditions laid down under
Article 56 of the African Charter.
7. From the consideration of the Complainant's
submissions, it appears that the requirements listed under
paragraphs I, 2,3 and 4 of Article 56 of the African Charter are met. The Complaint received by the
Commission fulfils the said conditions.
8. The Commission notes the compliance with Article 56(1) of the African Charter by mentioning the
identity of the author and her representatives.
9. The Commission finds that the Complaint complies with Article 56(2) of the African Charter by
denouncing the violation of specific provisions of the African Charter.
O. The Commission accepts that the Complaint adheres to Article 56(3) of the African Charter in that the
Communication does not contain any disparaging or insulting language.
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