37. The Court notes that the application seeks to protect the Applicant’s rights guaranteed by the Charter. It further notes that one of the objectives of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, as stated in Article 3(h) thereof, is the promotion and protection of human and peoples’ rights. Furthermore, the application does not contain any request that is incompatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union. The Court, therefore, holds that the application is compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and the Charter, and meets the requirement of Rule 50(2)(b) of the Rules. 38. The Court further observes that the application does not contain any disparaging or insulting language with regard to the Respondent State, its institutions or the African Union, which makes it consistent with the requirement of Rule 50(2)(c) of the Rules. 39. The Court notes, moreover, that the application is not based exclusively on news disseminated by the mass media but on the law of 24 August 2004 of the Respondent State. The requirements of Rule 50(2)(d) of the Rules are therefore met. 40. The Court recalls in accordance with Rule 50(2)(e) of the Rules, that, applications must be filed after exhaustion of local remedies, if any, unless it is clear that the procedure in respect of such remedies is unduly prolonged. 41. The Court notes that the requirement of exhaustion of local remedies prior to bringing a case before an international human rights court is an internationally recognised and accepted rule.9 The Court recalls, in line with its established jurisprudence, that the local remedies to be exhausted must be available, effective and sufficient.10 9Yacouba Traoré v. Republic of Mali, ACtHPR, Application No. 010/2018, Ruling of 25 September 2020 (jurisdiction and admissibility), § 39. 10Beneficiaries of late Norbert Zongo, Abdoulaye Nikiema alias Ablasse, Ernest Zongo, Blaise Ilboudo and Mouvement Burkinabé des Droits de l’Homme et des V. Peuples, v. Burkina Faso (merits) (28 March 2014) 1 AfCLR 219, § 68; Lohé Issa Konaté v. Burkina Faso (merits) (5 December 2014) 1 AfCLR 314, 11