commencement of the time limit within which it shall be seized with the matter; and (g) not raise any mater or issues previously settled by the parties in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union. 43. The Court notes that in the instant case, the Respondent State raises two objections to the admissibility of the Application, which are based on nonexhaustion of local remedies (A) and failure to file the Application within a reasonable time (B). A. Objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies 44. The Respondent State submits that the Applicants allege before this Court violations of their rights which were never raised before domestic courts in order to give it an opportunity to remedy them. It is the Respondent State’s contention that, at the national level, the Applicants seized the domestic courts seeking compensation for loss of customary rights over a plot of land which they claimed belonged to them, whereas the present Application concerns alleged violations that were committed in connection with domestic proceedings before the Supreme Court and are therefore detachable from the claim for compensation for loss of customary rights. 45. The Respondent State therefore prays the Court to declare the Application inadmissible for failure to comply with the requirement of Article 56(5) of the Charter. 46. The Applicants did not respond to this objection. *** 47. The Court notes that, in accordance with Article 56(5) of the Charter, which is essentially restated in Rule 50(2)(e) of the Rules, applications submitted 12