22. Rule 50(2) of the Rules, which reproduces in substance the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter, reads as follows: Applications lodged with the Court must satisfy the following conditions: a. The identity of the applicant must be stated, even if the applicant asks the Court to remain anonymous; b. Be compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and the Charter; c. Not be written in terms that are outrageous or insulting to the State concerned, its institutions or the African Union; d. Not be limited exclusively to news broadcast by the mass media; e. Be subsequent to the exhaustion of domestic remedies, if any, unless it is clear to the Court that the proceedings in respect of such remedies are being unduly prolonged; f. Be lodged within a reasonable time after the exhaustion of local remedies or after the date specified by the Court as the date on which the time limit for bringing the case before it begins to run; g. Not concern matters which have been settled by the States concerned, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union or the provisions of the Charter. 23. The Court notes that the Respondent State raises two (2) objections to the admissibility of the Application, one based on non-exhaustion of local remedies and the other on failure to file the Application within a reasonable time. The Court will consider the said objections before examining other conditions of admissibility, if necessary. A. Objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies 24. Citing the decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”) in the joined cases of Free Legal Assistance Group and others v. Zaire, the Respondent State 8