III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 7. The Application, together with a request for provisional measures, was received at the Registry on 8 June 2016 and served on the Respondent State on 26 July 2016. The Application was notified to the Executive Council of the African Union and to the State Parties to the Protocol through the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on 8 September 2016. 8. The Parties filed their pleadings on the merits within the time set by the Court. The Applicant filed his submissions on reparations but the Respondent State did not file the response thereto, despite several extensions of time granted by the Court to do so. Pleadings were closed on 14 November 2019 and the Parties were duly notified. 9. On 7 October and 16 November 2022 and 25 January 2023, the Applicant was requested to file specific pertinent documents, within thirty (30) days of receipt thereof.3 These are, the Application for Review in Criminal Application No. 2 of 2014 with proof that it was received at the relevant Court Registry and served on the Respondent State, and the Court of Appeal’s Ruling in Criminal Application No. 8 of 2013 allowing the filing of the application for review out of time. The Applicant failed to do so. IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 10. The Applicant prays the Court to: i. Find that it has jurisdiction to decide the application and that it meets the admissibility requirements. 3 The Notices to file these documents were based on Rule 51(1) of the Rules of Court, which provides that: “The Court may, during the course of the proceedings and at any other time the Court deems it appropriate, call upon the parties to file any pertinent document or to provide any relevant explanation. The Court shall formally take note of any failure to comply.” 4