to prioritize the consideration of the Communication. The Secretariat informed the Complainant of this decision on 22 June 2015. The Law on Admissibility Complainant’s Submissions on Admissibility 27. The Complainant submits that the Communication meets all the admissibility conditions under Article 56 of the African Charter. However, the arguments put forward by the Complainant focus on the provisions of Article 56(5), namely the requirement of exhaustion of local remedies. 28. In this regard, the Complainant submits that local remedies are unavailable, unworkable and ineffective. Secondly, the Complainant contends that he cannot be required to have exhausted local remedies since the remedy sought relates to the fact that the case is being unduly prolonged. 29. Regarding his first allegation, the Complainant claims that there are no available or effective remedies in terms of being able to compel Cameroonian courts to expedite the trial process. Thus, he argues, even if it is assumed that such remedies do exist, he has exhausted them. In this regard, he cites the petitions for the annulment of certain orders issued by the examining magistrate to which both the magistrate and the Inquiry Control Chamber responded promptly. Besides, the Complainant contends, it is rather the failure to respond to some other petitions or the unusually long time taken to do so that renders the remedies unavailable and ineffective. 30. The Complainant submits that the Special Criminal Tribunal which became operational on 15 October 2012, that is, after four years of custody and proceedings 7