iii. Declare the Application inadmissible; and iv. Dismiss the Application. 12. On the merits and reparations, the Respondent State prays the Court for the following orders: i. Find that the Respondent State did not violate the Applicant’s rights provided under Article 2 of the Charter; ii. Dismiss the Applicant’s prayer for reparations; iii. Order the Applicant to bear the costs of this Application. V. JURISDICTION 13. Pursuant to Article 3 of the Protocol: 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 instruments ratified by the States concerned. 2. In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has jurisdiction, the Court shall decide. 14. The Court notes pursuant to Rule 49(1) of the Rules, that, it “shall conduct a preliminary examination of its jurisdiction […] in accordance with the Charter, the Protocol and these Rules.” 15. Based on the above-mentioned provisions, the Court must, in each case, conduct a preliminary examination of its jurisdiction and rule on objections to jurisdiction, if any. 16. In the instant case, the Court notes that the Respondent State raises objections to its jurisdiction regarding two aspects thereof, namely, i) material jurisdiction and ii) temporal jurisdiction. The Court will rule on these objections before considering other aspects of its jurisdiction, if necessary. 5