assistance, the Court finds that the Application was filed within a reasonable time as required by Rule 50(2)(f) of the Rules. 48. Concerning the admissibility requirement specified under Article 56(7) of the Charter and Rule 50(2)(g) of the Rules, the Court notes that there is nothing on record to show that the Application concerns a case which has already been settled in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union. The Court thus finds that the Application complies with Rule 50(2)(g) of the Rules. 49. Given all the above, the Court, therefore, finds that all the admissibility requirements in Article 56 of the Charter, and as reiterated in Rule 50(2) of the Rules are met and holds the instant Application admissible. VII. MERITS 50. The Applicants allege that the Respondent State violated their Charter protected rights to: (A) non-discrimination (Article 2); (B) equality before the law and equal protection of the law (Article 3); (C) dignity (Article 5) and (D) fair trial (Article 7). The Court will now individually address each of the alleged violations. A. Alleged violation of the right to non-discrimination 51. The Applicants aver that the Respondent State violated their right to nondiscrimination, under Article 2 of the Charter. * 52. The Respondent State, in its Response, did not directly deal with this allegation. It submitted, however, that it had “not violated any of the 13