IX.
COSTS
83. The Applicants pray the Court to order that the Respondent State should
bear the costs of this Application.
84. The Respondent State on its part prays the Court to order that the
Applicants should bear the costs of the Application.
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85. The Court notes that Rule 32(2) of its Rules provides that “unless otherwise
decided by the Court, each party shall bear its own costs, if any.”
86. In the present Application, the Court does not find any reason to order either
Party to bear the costs of the Application. Consequently, the Court decides
that each Party shall bear its own costs.
X.
OPERATIVE PART
87. For these reasons,
THE COURT,
On jurisdiction
Unanimously
i.
Dismisses the objection to its jurisdiction;
ii.
Declares that it has jurisdiction.
On admissibility
By a majority of seven (7) for, and three (3) against, Justices Ben KIOKO,
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