11. At the 22nd Ordinary Session, the Commission decided to be seized of the communication and postponed taking a decision on admissibility to the 23rd session. 12. At subsequent sessions, the Commission reviewed the issue of exhaustion of local remedies by the Complainant. To this end, parties were requested to submit all the information at their disposal to the Secretariat. 13. At the 27th Session, the Commission took a decision on the admissibility of the communication. Law Admissibility 14. Article 56(5) of the Charter provides: Communications...shall be considered if they: ... are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged. 15. The Commission observed that on the surface of the communication, the Complainant did not exhaust domestic remedies. It noted further that despite repeated demands, parties have not responded to its requests for additional information on the issue of exhaustion of local remedies and that the complaint had been pending for a long time. In the absence of such information, the Commission declared the case closed because conditions for admissibility have not been satisfied. Holding For the above reasons, the Commission Declares the communication inadmissible. Algiers, Algeria, 11th May 2000. 2