000 se z to the court's request to that effect. on 14 December 201s, pALU agreed to represent the Applicant and was availed a copy of the file accordingly. 18. Due to difficulties faced by PALU in communicating with the Applicant who lived in Burundi, the Court granted several extensions of time for the filing of the Applicant's Reply to the Respondent state's Response. The Reply was filed on 28 July 20'16 and on the same day it was served on the Respondent state for information. 19. on 9 August 2016, the Respondent state's attention was drawn to the Applicant,s additional arguments. After several extensions of time granted by the Court suo motu,lhe latter filed its Rejoinder on 27 April 2017 and it was transmitted to the Applicant on 28 Aprit 2017 for Repty within fifteen (15) days. The Appticant subsequently filed several additional documents in support of the Application, which were served on the Respondent State. 20. Having been seized afresh of the Applicant's request dated 1g August zo17 to engage with the Respondent State towards an amicable resolution of the matter, the court, on 22 september 2017, requested the Applicant to indicate whether such engagement should lead to halting the proceedings before the Court. On 2 November 2017, the Applicant informed the Court that he wishes to pursue the case. Pleadings were then closed with effect from 15 November 2017 and the Parties were informed accordingly. 21. On 5 April2018, the Parties were informed that, in accordance with Rute 27(1) of the Rules, the Court would determine the matter on the basis of the written pleadings without holding a public hearing. 22. On 25 June 2018, the the Parties were informed that the Court had decided during its 49th ordinary session (16 April to 11 May 201g) to combine and deal with reparations at the same time as the merits of the Application. The Applicant was therefore requested to file his submissions on reparations within thirty (30) days. 23. on 13 July 2018, the PALU was requested submissions on repa to assistthe Applicant prepare his ons. On 3 August 2018, PALU filed written submission 6 /'/ ,) \2 e