circumstances of the case and should be determined on a case-by-case basis.”19 52. Specifically, the Court notes that the decision of the Court of Appeal was rendered on 20 February 2015 while this Application was filed on 1 September 2016. The period at stake, therefore, is one (1) Year, six (6) months and twelve (12) days. It is this period that the Court must assess to determine reasonableness. Notably, 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 information20 and being lay without the benefit of legal assistance as being relevant in determining the reasonableness of time.21 53. In the present Application, given the Applicants’ situation as lay and incarcerated persons who filed the Application before the Court without counsel’s assistance, the Court finds that the period of one (1) year, six (6) months and twelve (12) days is reasonable within the meaning of Rule 50(2)(f).22 54. The Court also finds that the Application does not concern 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 in fulfilment of Rule 50(2)(g) of the Rules. 55. Given all the above, the Court, therefore, finds that all the admissibility requirements are met and finds the present Application admissible. Zongo and Others v. Burkina Faso (merits), supra, § 92. See also Thomas v. Tanzania (merits), supra, § 73. 20 Igola Iguna v. United Republic of Tanzania, ACtHPR, Application No. 020/2017, Judgment of 1 December 2022 (merits and reparations), §§ 37-38. 21 Thomas v. Tanzania (merits), supra, § 73; Jonas v. Tanzania (merits), supra, § 54; Amir Ramadhani v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits) (11 May 2018) 2 AfCLR 344, § 83. 22 Sébastien Germain Ajavon v. Republic of Benin, ACtHPR, Application No. 065/2019, Judgment of 29 March 2021 (merits and reparations), §§ 86-87. 19 15

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