this case, on 30 April 2021. As the present Application was filed on 22
July 2019, that is, before the withdrawal of the Declaration, it is
therefore not affected.
iii. temporal jurisdiction, insofar as the alleged violations occurred after
the Respondent State became a party to the Protocol,3 and
iv. territorial jurisdiction, insofar as the alleged violations took place in the
territory of the Respondent State.
16. In the light of the foregoing, the Court holds that it has jurisdiction to
entertain the present Application.
VI.
ADMISSIBILITY
17. In accordance with Article 6(2) of the Protocol, ‘[t]he Court shall rule on the
admissibility of cases taking into account the provisions of Article 56 of the
Charter’.
18. Under Rule 50(1) of the Rules of Court, ‘[t]he Court shall ascertain the
admissibility of an Application filed before it in accordance with Article 56 of
the Charter and Article 6(2) of the Protocol and these Rules’.
19. Rule 50(2) of the Rules of Court, which reproduces in substance the
provisions of Article 56 of the Charter, reads as follows:
Applications filed before the Court shall comply with all of the following
conditions:
a.
Indicate their authors, even if the latter request anonymity;
b.
Are compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and
with the Charter;
3
Kouadio Kobena v. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, AfCHPR (2 December 2021) (merits and reparations) 5
AfCLR, § 32; Kouassi Kouame and Baba Sylla v. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, AfCHPR, Application No.
015/2021, Judgment of 22 September 2022 (merits and reparations), § 24.
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