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 16

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