The Court shall rule on the admissibility of cases taking into account
the provisions of article 56 of the Charter.
30. Rule 50 (1) of the Rules provides as follows:5
The Court shall ascertain the admissibility of an Application [...] in
accordance with Article 56 of the Charter, Article 6 (2) of the Protocol
and these Rules.
31. Rule 50(2), which restates Article 56 of the Charter, provides that:
Applications filed before the Court shall comply with all of the following
conditions:
a.
lndicate their authors even if the latter request anonymity;
b.
Are compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union
and with the Charter;
c.
Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed
against the State concerned and its institutions or the African
Union;
d.
Are not be based exclusively on news disseminated through the
mass media;
e.
Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is
obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged,
f.
Are submitted within a reasonable time from the date local
remedies were exhausted or from the date the Commission is
seized with the matter;
g.
Do not deal with cases which have been settled in accordance
with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or the
Constitutive Act of African Union or the provisions of the
Charter.
32. As indicated above, the Respondent State did not file any submissions.
Nonetheless, the Court must examine whether or not the requirements of
the above-mentioned provisions are met.
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39 of the Rules of 2 June 2010.
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