25. Pursuant to Rule 39(1) of its Rules, the "Court shall conduct preliminary examination of ... the admissibility of the application in accordance with Articles 50 and 56 of the Charter and Rule 40 of these Rules." 26. Rule 40 of the Rules, which in substance restates the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter, provides as follows: "Pursuant to the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter to which Article 6(2) of the Protocol refers, Applications to the Court shall comply with the following conditions: 1. disclose the identity of the Applicant notwithstanding the latter's request for anonymity; 2. comply with the Constitutive Act of the Union and the Charter: 3. not contain any disparaging or insulting language; 4. not be based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media; 5. be filed after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that the procedure in unduly prolonged; 6. be filed within a reasonable time from the date local remedies were exhausted or from the date set by the Court as being the commencement of the time limit within which it shall be seized with the matter; and 7. not raise any matter or issues previously settled by the parties in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union." 27.The Court notes that the Respondent State raises only one objection to the admissibility of the Application, that is, objection in relation to the requirement of exhaustion of local remedies. A. Condition of admissibility in contention between the Parties: the objection based on the non-exhaustion of local remedies 28.The Respondent State contends that the Applicant has not exhausted locat remedies with regard to the alleged violation of the right to equal protection of the law and the right to legal assistance. According to the Respondent State, these alleged violations are being raised before this Court for the first time. 7 L Y