v.
Any other Order or Remedy that this Honourable Court may deem fit to
grant.
12. On jurisdiction and admissibility, the Respondent State prays the Court to
find:
i.
That, the Honourable African Court on Human and Peoples Rights is not
vested with jurisdiction to adjudicate on the Application;
ii.
That, the Application has not met the admissibility requirements
stipulated under Rule 40(5) of the Rules of Court and it is therefore
inadmissible and be duly dismissed;
iii. That, the Application has not met the admissibility requirements
stipulated under Rule 40(6) of the Rules of Court and it is therefore
inadmissible and be duly dismissed; and
iv. That, the Application is inadmissible and be duly dismissed with costs.
13. On the merits, the Respondent State prays the Court to find that it did not
violate the Applicants’ rights under Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 of the
Charter. It also prays that the Applicants should not be awarded reparations
and that their prayers should be “dismissed in their entirety”.
14. It is also the Respondent State’s prayer that the “Application be dismissed
for lack of merit” and that “costs be borne by the Applicants.”
V.
JURISDICTION
15. The Court observes that Article 3 of the Protocol provides as follows:
1.
The jurisdiction of the Court shall extend to all cases and disputes
submitted to it concerning the interpretation and application of the
Charter, this Protocol and any other relevant Human Rights
instrument ratified by the States concerned.
2.
In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has jurisdiction,
the Court shall decide.
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