In the instant case, the Applicants allege violation, by the Respondent State, of the provisions of the Charter, of the ICCPR?, as well as a provision of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty which guarantees the rights of journalists. (supra, paragraph 7 to 11). Consequently, the Court does have the material jurisdiction to consider the said allegations. 49. As regards the personal jurisdiction of the Court, the Protocol first requires that the State against which action is brought should not only have ratified the Protocol and the other human rights instruments mentioned (article 3(1) above, but also, in relation to applications from individuals, must have made the declaration accepting the competence of the Court to receive such applications as provided for in article 34.6. In the instant case, records show that Burkina Faso became a Party to the Charter on 21 October 1986, and the ICCPR on 4 April 1999, ratified the Revised ECOWAS Treaty on 24 June 1994, and also made the declaration as required under article 34(6) on 28 July 1998. The Protocol provides that “the Court may entitle Non-Governmental organizations | (NGOs) with observer status before the Commission and individuals to institute cases directly before it, in accordance with article 34(6) of the Protocol”. beneficiaries of Norbert Zongo and others are individuals, and, as In the instant case, the the records indicate, the Burkinabé Human and Peoples’ Rights Movement (MBDHP) is an NGO with observer status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (The Commission). In view of the foregoing, the Court notes that it also has personal jurisdiction to hear the case based on the submissions of the Applicants and those of the Respondent State. 50. As regards the Court’s jurisdiction rationae temporis, it should be noted that the Court had already issued a ruling on the preliminary objections raised by the Respondent State in that regard. 2 The Applicants also allege violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is not a Treaty. 3 Observer status was granted to this organization by the African Commission during its 6th ordinary session held in Banjul, The Gambia from 23 October to 4 November, 1989. Vide www.achpr.org. 18 @-