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;
comply with the Constitutive Act of the Union and the Charter;
not contain any disparaging or insulting language;
not based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media;
be filed after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this
procedure is unduly prolonged;
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;
not
raise
accordance
any
matter
or
issues
previously
settled
by
the
parties
with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
in
the
Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any
legal instrument of the African Union.
29. While some of the above conditions are not in contention between the Parties, the
Respondent State has raised two objections to the admissibility of the Application.
A.
Conditions of admissibility in contention between the Parties
30. The Respondent State raises two objections relating, first, to the requirement of
exhaustion of local remedies, and, second, to the filing of the Application within a
reasonable time.