i. Material jurisdiction, insofar as the Applicant alleges violation of human rights protected under Articles 4, 5 and 7 of the Charter, Articles 8 and 10 of the UDHR and Article 6 of the ICCPR, instruments to which the Respondent State is a party.3 ii. Personal jurisdiction, insofar as the Respondent State is a party to the Protocol and has deposited the Declaration. iii. Temporal jurisdiction, insofar as the violations alleged occurred after the Respondent State became a party to the Protocol. iv. Territorial jurisdiction, insofar as the alleged violations occurred in the territory of the Respondent State. 26. In view of the foregoing, the Court finds that it has jurisdiction to hear the present Application. VI. ADMISSIBILITY 27. Article 6(2) of the Protocol provides that, “the Court shall rule on the admissibility of cases taking into account the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter”. 28. Pursuant to Rule 50(1) of the Rules of Court, “the Court shall conduct preliminary examination of the admissibility of an Application filed before it in accordance with the Charter, the Protocol and these Rules”. 29. Rule 50(2) of the Rules, which restates in substance the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter, provides as follows: 3 The Respondent State became a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 16 July 1974. 7