ORIGINAL:
ii. Decides
that its ruling
on the effect of the
Respondent's
ENGLISH
withdrawal
of its
Declaration under Article 34(6) of the Protocol shall be handed down at a date to
be duly notified to the Parties.
iii. Orders
the Applicant to file written
submissions
on the
procedural
matters
stated in paragraph 15 above, within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this Order’.
. Following the orders in paragraph 6 above, the Court decided to adjourn all cases
filed
against
Rwanda,
pending
its
ruling
on
the
effect
of the
Respondent's
withdrawal.
lll. Effects of withdrawal of Declaration
. Ina Ruling issued on 3 June 2016 in Application No 003/2014,
Umuhoza
v
Republic
of
Rwanda,
the
Court
unanimously
Ingabire Victoire
ruled
that
the
Respondent’s withdrawal of its declaration has no effect on the Application, and
so it decided to continue with the hearing of the Application.
. The
Court's
therefore,
Ruling
in
/ngabire
Victoire
is to the effect that the withdrawal
have the effect of suspending
Umuhoza
v
of Rwanda’s
Republic
of
Declaration
Rwanda,
does
proceedings of cases that have been filed against
Rwanda before the Court.
10.For these reasons;
THE COURT,
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not
unanimously, decides to continue examining this Application.