pending determination of the Application. The Order was transmitted to the Parties on 7 June 2016 and subsequently to the Embassy of Burundi in Ethiopia. The Embassy did not respond. After several reminders, the Respondent State filed its observations on the Order for provisional measures and its response to the main Application on 12 April 2017, which were transmitted to the Applicants on 19 April 2017. 10. On 16 June 2017, the Applicants filed their reply to the Respondent State’s response to the Application, which was transmitted to the Respondent State on 22 June 2017. 11. Pleadings were closed on 22 January 2018 and the Parties were duly notified. 12. On 5 March 2018, Cornell University Law School wrote to the Court requesting to provide pro bono representation to applicants who were facing the death penalty in Tanzania and who had filed cases before the Court. The Court granted the request on 16 May 2018 and allocated them nine (9) cases including the present Application. 13. On 14 November 2018, the Applicants, through Cornell University International Human Rights Law Clinic, filed a motion for leave to amend their Application. They sought leave to file two different Applications in the interest of justice; to amend the Application and file additional evidence; to have oral proceedings following the re-opening of pleadings; and to be allowed to file submissions on reparations. 14. On 31 January 2019, the Court issued an Order in which it declined to separate the Application and decided to consider the Application as registered as a single case; granted the request to re-open pleadings to allow for amendment of the Application and filing of new evidence and submissions on reparations and; decided to consider the request for a public hearing after the Parties had filed their amended pleadings. 5