173. Consequently, the request for reimbursement of costs of proceedings
before this Court is dismissed for lack of supporting documents.
174. As regards the request for payment of the sum of Ninety-Six Million Eight
Hundred and Fifty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-Three
(96,858,373) CFA Francs in respect of costs, this Court observes that
proceedings before it are free of charge and the parties are never required
to make any deposit.
175. In light of the above, the Court dismisses the Applicants’ prayer.
176. Accordingly, the Court decides that each Party shall bear its own costs.
X.
OPERATIVE PART
177. For these reasons:
THE COURT
Unanimously,
On jurisdiction
i.
Dismisses the objections to personal and temporal
jurisdiction;
ii.
Finds that it has jurisdiction.
On admissibility
iii.
Upholds the objection based on non-exhaustion of local
remedies in relation to the alleged violation of the right of
ownership over the parcel of land sold to third parties;
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