B. Other conditions of admissibility
53. The Court notes, from the record, that the Application’s compliance with the
requirements in Article 56 sub-articles (1),(2),(3),(4), (6) and (7) of the
Charter, which requirements are reiterated in sub-rules 50 (2)(a),( b), (c),
(d), (f) and (g) of the Rules, is not in contention between the Parties.
Nevertheless, it must still ascertain that these requirements have been
fulfilled.
54. The Court notes, from the record, that the Applicants are well identified
thereby fulfilling the requirements of Rule 50(2)(a) of the Rules.
55. The Court also notes that the claims made by the Applicants seek to protect
their rights guaranteed under the Charter and other instruments to which
the Respondent State is a Party. It further notes that one of the objectives
of the Constitutive Act of the African Union is the promotion and protection
of human and peoples’ rights. The Court, therefore, holds that the
Application is compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and
the Charter thereby fulfilling the requirements of Rule 50(2)(b) of the Rules.
56. The Court further notes that the Application does not contain any
disparaging or insulting language with regard to the Respondent State, its
institutions or the African Union which makes it consistent with the
requirement of Rule 50(2)(c) of the Rules.
57. The Court observes that the Applicants have submitted documents of
various types as evidence in support of their claims thereby establishing that
the Application is not based exclusively on news disseminated through the
media which makes the Application compliant with Rule 50(2)(d) of the
Rules.
58. With regard to Rule 50(2)(f) of the Rules, the Court observes that this Rule
requires applications to be “… submitted within a reasonable time from the
date local remedies were exhausted or from the date set by the Court as
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