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Il. Subject of the Order
3.
By a
2016,
letter dated 1 March 2016, received at the Registry of the Court on 2 March
the
Respondent
notified the Court of its deposition
withdrawal of its Declaration made
of an instrument
of
under Article 34(6) of the Protocol. The letter
further stated that:
“The Republic of Rwanda
requests that after deposition of the same,
Court suspends hearings involving the Republic of Rwanda,
case referred above,
until review is made
the
including the
to the Declaration and the Court
is notified in due course.”
4.
By a letter dated 3 March 2016, the Office of Legal Counsel and Directorate of
Legal
Affairs
of
the
African
Union
Commission
notified
the
Court
of
the
submission of the Respondent’s instrument of withdrawal of its Declaration made
under Article 34(6) of the Protocol, which was
received
at the African
Union
instrument
of withdrawal,
it had
Commission on 29 February 2016.
5.
When
the
Court
already set down
received
the
Respondent's
a public hearing for 4 March 2016 in respect of Application No
003/2014, Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Republic of Rwanda.
6.
Following the Public Hearing, on 18 March 2016, the Court issued an Order in
which it:
“i.
Orders
that
Respondent's
the
Parties
withdrawal
file
written
of its Declaration
submissions
made
under
Protocol, within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this Order
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on
the
Article
effect
34(6)
of
the
of the