28. In the present case, the Court notes that the Applicant acknowledges that he did not file a cassation appeal against the judgment of the Abidjan Court of Appeal because he was not represented by Counsel and was unaware of the existence of the remedy which, in any event, is ineffective. 29. The Court notes that it has consistently held that in the judicial system of the Respondent State, the cassation appeal is an available, effective and satisfactory remedy.7 30. In addition, and in accordance with its established jurisprudence, the Court emphasises, on the one hand, that the fact of not being assisted by Counsel and being ignorant of the existence of a remedy cannot be grounds for not pursuing that remedy.8 On the other hand, the Court considers that an applicant cannot merely allege that a remedy is ineffective but must at least attempt to pursue it.9 31. Based on the foregoing, the Court considers that the Applicant did not exhaust local remedies and that the Application, therefore, does not satisfy this admissibility requirement. 32. Accordingly, the Court upholds the Respondent State’s objection and holds that the Applicant did not exhaust local remedies. B. Other admissibility requirements 33. The Court notes that the admissibility requirements are cumulative such that if one of them is not met, an Application is inadmissible.10 Having found that 7 Oulaï Marius v. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, AfCHPR, Application No. 032/2019, Judgment of 4 December 2024 (jurisdiction and admissibility) § 34; Goh Taudier and Others v. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, AfCHPR, Applications (consolidated applications) Nos. 017/2019, 018/2019 and 019/2019, Judgment of 4 June 2024 (jurisdiction and admissibility), § 38. 8 Taudier and others v. Côte d’Ivoire, ibid, §§ 34-35. 9 Moussa Doumbia v. Côte d’Ivoire, AfCHPR, Application 029/2019, Judgment of 13 September 2024, § 30. 10 Aminata Soumaré v. Republic of Mali, AfCHPR, Application No. 038/2019, Judgment of 5 September 2023 (jurisdiction and admissibility), § 47 ; Yacouba Traoré v. Republic of Mali, AfCHPR, Application No. 002/2019, Judgment of 22 September 2022 (jurisdiction and admissibility), § 49 ; Mariam Kouma and Ousmane Diabaté v. Republic of Mali (jurisdiction and admissibility) (21 March 2018) 2 AfCLR 237, 9