109. The Respondent State prayed the Court to order the Applicant to pay the
costs of this Application.
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110. Rule 32(2) of its Rules of the Court provides that “unless otherwise decided
by the Court, each party shall bear its own costs.
111. The Court finds no reason to depart from this provision. Consequently, it
rules that each party shall bear its own costs.
X.
OPERATIVE PART
112. For these reasons:
THE COURT,
Unanimously
On jurisdiction
i.
Dismisses the objection to material jurisdiction;
ii.
Declares that it has jurisdiction.
On admissibility
iii. Dismisses the objection based on non-exhaustion of local
remedies;
iv. Declares the Application admissible.
On merits
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