OD4D99 "i. find that it lacks jurisdiction because the Application is inconsistent with Article 3(1) of the Protocol; ii. adjudge and declare that the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights does not have the jurisdiction to entertain cases requiring the Application of a legal instrument which has never been ratified. by the State of Benin; iii. adjudge and declare that even if the Applicant is the owner of the companies in question, he does not have the capacity to seek reparation for the so-called damages suffered by moral entities distinct from his person; iv. declare the Application inadmissible for manifestly using disparaging language towards the Head of State and the Benin judiciary and for nonexhaustion of local remedies as enshrined in Articles 56(3) and (5) of the Charter and Rules 40(3) and (5) of the Rules of Court; v. find that the Applications filed by the Applicant are still pending before domestic courts in Benin; vi. dismiss the prayer for a stay of execution of CRIET Judgment; vii. adjudge and declare that all the allegations of the Applicant's human rights violations raised in this matter are unfounded ; viii .dismiss all the prayers for reparation made by the Applicant; ix. hold the Applicant liable to pay the sum of one billion five hundred and ninety-five million eight hundred and fifty thousand (1,595,850,000) CFA francs as damages". V. JURISDICTION 28. Article 3(1) of the Protocol stipulates that: "The jurisdiction of the Court shall extend to all cases and disputes submitted to it concerning the interpretation and Application of the Charter, this Protocol, and any other relevant Human Rights instrument ratified by the States concerned". 29. Pursuant to Rule 39(1) of its Rules, "the Court shall conduct preliminary examination of its jurisdiction ..." I