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42.The Court observes that the question at issue is whether the time that elapsed
between the exhaustion of loca! remedies and filing of the case before it, is
reasonable within the meaning of Rule 40 (6) of the Rules.
43.The Court notes that the ordinary judicial remedies available in the Respondent
State were exhausted on 16 February 2012, the date of the Court of Appeal
decision and that the Application was filed before the Court on 10 October 2015.
Between the Court of Appeal's decision and the filing of the Application at this
Court, three (3) years, seven (7) months and twenty-four (24) days had elapsed.
44.|n its Judgment rn the Matter of the Beneficiaries
of late Norbert Zongo and
others v. Burkina Faso, the court set out the principle that the
reasonableness of the timeline for referrals to it depends on the circumstances
of each case and must be assessed on case-by-case basis.,'6
45.The Court notes that the Applicant is tay, indigent and incarcerated person
without counsel or legal assistanceT, as well as his attempt to use extraordinary
measures, that is, the application for review of the Court of Appeal's decisions,
and holds that all these constitute sufficient grounds to justify the filing of the
Application after three (3) years, seven (7) months and twenty-four (24) days
following the Court of Appeal decision.
46.|n view of the aforesaid, the Court dismisses this objection to admissibility
relating to the filing of the Application within a reasonable time
B
Gonditions of admissibitity that are not in contention between the
Parties
47.The conditions regarding the identity of the Applicant, the Application's
compatibility with the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the language used
6
Application No. 013/2011. Ruling on pretiminaries objections of 2110612013,
Beneficiaries of tate
Zongo and Others v. Burkina Faso, para.121. See also Application No.
00512012, Alex Thomas v.
Tanzania Judgment, op. crt., para. 7 3; Application No. 007/2013, Judgment
of 3t612013
Abubakari v. Tanzania Judgment, op. cit., para. 91; Application No. 01 1t2015
Jonas
Tanzania J udgment, op. cit., para. 52.
7 Alex Thomas
v. Tanzania Judgment, op. cit., para.74
t App lication No. 006/2015. Judgment of 231312018,
Nguza Viking (Babu Seya) and
(PapiKocha) v. Tanzania, para. 61
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