66. The Court recalls that in the matter of Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Rwanda,’ it held that the withdrawal of the Declaration does not have any retroactive effect and it also has no bearing on matters pending before it prior to the filing of the Declaration, as is the case in the present Application. The Court also confirmed that any withdrawal of the Declaration takes effect twelve (12) months after the deposit of the instrument of withdrawal.® 67. In respect of the Respondent State having deposited its instrument of withdrawal of the Declaration on 29 April 2020, this withdrawal will thus take effect on 30 April 2021 and will in no way affect the personal jurisdiction of the Court in the instant case. 68. Concerning its temporal jurisdiction, the Court notes that the alleged violations occurred subsequent to the entry into force in respect of the Respondent State of the international instruments mentioned in paragraph 12. 69. Regarding its territorial jurisdiction, the Court notes that the facts of the matter took place in the territory of the Respondent State. 70. In view of the foregoing, the Court concludes that it has jurisdiction to examine this Application. Vi. ADMISSIBILITY OF THE APPLICATION 71, A preliminary issue was raised by the Respondent State concerning the admissibility of an amended Application submitted by the Applicants to replace the initial Application. The Court will first deal with this issue, before it considers other aspects of the admissibility of the Application. 7 Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v. Rwanda (jurisdiction) (2016) 1 AfCLR 562 § 67. 8 See also Ghati Mwita v. United Republic of Tanzania, Af(CHPR, Application No. 012/2019, Ruling of 9 April 2020 (provisional measures) § 4. 16