Complainant states that the Applicants undertook the following steps in their
quest for remedies before the Ethiopian judicial system:
i.
On 10 June 2005 and 25 January 2006, the District Court ruled in favour
of the Applicants. On 20 March 2007, the District Court rejected the
application regarding the non-implementation of its judgments by
wrongly stating that these should have been implemented within a
year.
ii.
On 29 March 2007, due to the non-implementation of the decisions, the
Applicants appealed to the South West Shoa High Court. On 15 and 29
May 2007, Judge Gazali ordered that the District Court execute its
decisions of 17 June 2005 and 25 January 2006 in respect of the two
Applicants.
iii.
On 14 January 2008, the District Court declined to comply with the
High Court Order stating that it would not interfere with the
authorities‟ decision.
iv.
On 6 February 2008, the Federal Council of Constitutional Inquiry
refused to hear the Applicants‟ application. It found that their petition
did not warrant a constitutional interpretation.
v.
On 4 March 2008, the matter went to the High Court again on appeal
from the decision of 14 January 2008. The High Court affirmed the
decision of the District Court.
37. The Complainant submits that on the exhaustion of local remedies, the African
Commission has stated that such a remedy, if it is available must be exhausted
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