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289.
The Respondent State refutes all the Applicant's claims and prays the Court to
declare the same unfounded .
290.
Rule 30 of the Rules provides that; "Unless the Court decides otherwise, each party
shall bear its own costs".
291.
In the instant case, the Court decides that it will rule on the cost of proceedings
at a later stage.
x.
OPERATIVE PART
292.
For these reasons
THE COURT,
Unanimously
On jurisdiction:
i)
Dismisses the objections to its jurisdiction;
ii)
Declares that it has jurisdiction;
On admissibility:
iii)
Dismisses the objections to admissibility;
iv)
Declares the Application admissible;
v)
Declares that the additional submissions on the law creating CRIET and
the procedure before CRIET filed on 14 January 2019, with the exception
of those mentioned in paragraph (vi) hereunder, have a nexus with the
initial Application and are admissible;
vi)
I
Declares that the other additional submissions filed on 14 January 2019