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, Page 4 of5 not unanimously, decides to continue examining this Application.

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