59. In addition, the Complainant quotes the provisions of Articles 32 (2) and 55 (1), stating
that Communications
may
be
submitted
to
the Commission
to
be
considered
at its
Sessions, by entities other than State Parties, and that there is no further elaboration in
the Charter or the Rules as to which types of organizations may submit Communications.
The Complainant refers to the jurisprudence of the Commission, which held that groups
and
organizations
conditions
can
submit Communications
of admissibility
in Article
56
are
for
met.U
consideration,
Furthermore,
provided
that the
it submits
that
the
Commission has also accepted Communications from organizations on behalf of other
organiza tions.P
Commission's Analysis on Admissibility
60. The Commission recalls that Article 56 of the African Charter sets out seven requirements
that a Communication brought under Article 55 of the African Charter must satisfy in
order to be admissible, which a
61. Despite
the
fact
that
the
ply conjunctively and cumulatively.P
Commission
requested
the
Respondent State
arguments and evidence on admissibility in accordance with Rule 105
to
submit its
(2), as well as
granting an extension in this regard, the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt
indicated that it will not engage in any further dealings related to this Communication,
and submitted arguments only in relation to the locus standi of the Complainant. For this
reason, the Co�mission decided t o p oceed based on the information before it.14
62. In
relation
to
Article
56
submitted by the Freedom
to death.
It states
(1),
the
Complainant
submits
that
this
Communication
is
and Justice Party of Egypt, in respect of the Victims sentenced
that the Communication
includes
full contact details
for both
the
Complainant and its lawyers and that no question of anonymity arises. It further states
that the Freedom and Justice Party is not a terrorist organization, and that Article 56 (1)
does not stat
wl:10 the author of a Communication may be.
63. The Respondent State submits that (1) the Freedom and Justice Party (the Complainant)
has been dissolved by a sentence of the Supreme Administrative Court on 8/ 4/2014; (2)
11
Communication 284/03 =Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights & Associated Newspapers o
f Zimbabwe v The
Government o
f Zimbabwe (2009) ACHPR.
12
Communication 225/98 - Huri-Laws v Nigeria, where the Communication was submitted by Huri-Laws, an NGO
registered in Nigeria, on behalf of the Civil Liberties Organization, another NGO based in Nigeria (2000) ACHPR.
1l
See Communication 304/2005 - FIDH & Others v. Senegal (2006) ACHPR, para 38.
14
See Communication 25/89, 47/90, 5 6 / 9 1 ,
100/93 - Free Legal Assistance Group, Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights,
Union Interafricaine des Droits de l'Homme, les Temoins de Jehovah v. Democratic Republic of the Congo ( 1 9 9 5 ) A
para 40. See also Communication 60/91, Communication
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