"1. Pursuant to [a]rticle 28 (4) of the Protocol, any party may, for the purpose of executing a judgment, apply to the Court for interpretation of the judgment within twelve months from the date the judgment was delivered, unless the Court, in the interest of justice, decides otherwise. 2. The application shall be filed in the Registry. It shall state clearly the point or points in the operative provisions of the judgment on which interpretation is required ". 13. It apparent from the content of the foregoing provision that a request for interpretation of a Judgment may be declared admissible only where the three following conditions have been met: a) the request has been filed within twelve (12) months from the date the Judgment was delivered b) the request states clearly the point or points in the operative provisions on which interpretation is required, and c) the objective is to facilitate implementation of the Judgment. 14. Given that the judgment was delivered on 18 November 2016, the Court notes that the Republic of Cote d'ivoire has complied with the statutory 12 months' timeframe prescribed for submission of a request for interpretation. 15. As regards the second condition, the Republic of Cote d'ivoire merely states that it seeks to interpret the Judgment without specifying the point(s) of the operative provisions of the Judgment of which interpretation is requested. 16. The Court also notes, with regard to the finality of the instant Application, that although the first question seems to relate to the aforementioned paragraph 7 of the operative provisions of the Judgment, it is not intended to clarify the meaning of this point. Rather, it seeks the Court's opinion as to how to implement this point, which, in the Court's view, is the responsibility of the State of Cote d'ivoire. 4

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