47. With regard to the instant Application, the Court notes that the decision of the Court of Appeal was rendered on 12 October 2017 while the Application was filed on 28 September 2018. The period at stake hence is 11 months and 16 days. It is this period, therefore, that the Court must assess to determine reasonableness. 48. In its jurisprudence, the Court has taken into consideration, among other factors, incarceration and being on death row with the resultant limited movement and limited access to information14 as being relevant factors in determining the reasonableness of time.15 The Court has also found the time to be manifestly reasonable when the period under consideration is relatively short.16 49. In the present Application, given the Applicant’s situation as a lay and incarcerated person who filed the Application without counsel’s assistance, and in light of the relatively short length of time i.e. 11 months and 16 days, the Court finds that the Application was filed within a reasonable time as required by Rule 50(2)(f) of the Rules. 50. Concerning the admissibility requirement specified under Article 56(7) of the Charter and Rule 50(2)(g) of the Rules, the Court notes that there is nothing on record to show that the Application concerns a case which has already been settled by the Parties in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union. The Court, thus, finds that the Application complies with Rule 50(2)(g) of the Rules. 14 Igola Iguna v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits and reparations), supra, §§ 37-38. Thomas v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits), supra, § 73; Amir Ramadhani v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits) (11 May 2018) 2 AfCLR 344, § 83. 16 Sebastian Germain Ajavon v. Republic of Benin (merits and reparations) (29 March 2021) 5 AfCLR 94, § 87; Augustino Niyonzima v. United Republic of Tanzania, Application No. 058/2016 , Judgment of 13 June 2023 (merits and reparations), § 58. 15 13

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