110. In sum, the Court finds that the cumulative criteria set out in the cases Gombert Jean-Claude Roger v Republic of Céte d'Ivoire and in Dexter Eddie Johnson v Republic of Ghana relating to the admissibility requirement established in Article 56(7) and Rule 40(7), have not been fulfilled. Therefore, considering that the instant Application does not raise any issue or matter previously settled in the sense of Article 56(7), the Court holds that this admissibility requirement is met. 111. Based on the foregoing, the Court finds that the Application meets all the conditions set out in Article 56 of the Charter and accordingly declares it admissible. Vil. MERITS 112. The Applicants allege that by adopting Law N° 2019-708 of 5 August 2019 on the recomposition of the IEC, the Respondent State has violated its obligation to establish an independent and impartial electoral body, its obligation to protect the right to freely participate in government, its obligation to protect the right to equal protection of the law, and its commitment to execute judgments, as prescribed by Article 17 of the ACDEG, Article 3 of the ECOWAS Democracy Protocol, Article 13(1) and (2) of the Charter, Article 10(3) of the ACDEG, Article 3(2) of the Charter, Article 26 of the ICCPR and Article 30 of the Protocol, respectively. 113. The Respondent State submits, however, that the aforementioned law has been modified during the course of the proceedings before this Court by Order N° 2020-306 of4 March 2020 amending Articles 5, 15, 16, and 17 of Law No. 2019708 of 5 August Respondent State 2019 on the this change recomposition of the of the impugned IEC. According law effectively to the renders the Application without merit since the provisions of the law allegedly in violation of the abovementioned human rights instruments are no longer in force. 114. Considering that the objection raised by the Respondent State affects the basis of the Application, the Court will deal with it first. 24