0000e? I. THE PARTIES 1 The Applicant, Fiddle Mulindahabi, a nationat of the Repubtic of Rwanda (hereinafter referred to as "the Respondent state) residing in Kigali, complains that he has been a victim of violations in connection with the exercise of his urban transport activity. 2. The Respondent state became party to the African charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the Charter") on 21 October 1gg6 and to the Protocol on 25 May 20M. lt deposited the declaration prescribed under Article 34(6) of the Protocol on 11 January 2013, by which it accepted the jurisdiction of the Court to receive cases from individuals and Non-Governmental Organizations. On 29 February 2016, the Respondent State notified the African Union commission of its withdrawal of the said declaration. on 3 January 2016, the Court issued an order indicating that the effective date of the Respondent State's withdrawalwoutd be 1 March 2017.1 II. SUBJECT MATTER OF THE APPLICATTON A. Facts of the matter 3. The Applicant alleges that his Toyota mini bus vehicle was unjusfly impounded by RAWMAGANA police from 28 January 2009 to 7 May 2009. After the end of the period, the police service admitted that the confiscation was illegal and provided him compensation in the amount of 34,200 Rwandan Francs. 1 Ruling of the Court on Application No. 003/2014 ot 3tBl2O'16 lngabire Victoire Umuhoza v. Rwanda, regardin g the withdrawal by the Respondent State of the declaration it made under Article 34(6) of the Protocol - @_