33. On the other hand, the Complainant asserts that though the amendments made to the nationality Code by the Ivorian Parliament in August 2013 are encouraging, they are not enough to correct the violations alleged by the Communication. For instance, the Complainant refers to the fact that by failing to include the definition of the term « Ivorian », the reform stopped short of removing the main and fundamental source of legal uncertainty regarding access to nationality. The lack of administrative regulation for the implementation of the reform, according to the Complainant, is further beset with the risk of continuing to leave access to nationality at the exclusive and excessive discretion of the Executive in a country where the number of Stateless persons account for 700, 000 persons according to the 2014 estimates from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. 34. In addition to these defects in the reforms referred to by the Complainant, the latter alleges that the amendments adopted do not provide any compensatory measure for the violations of the African Charter which extended over a long period of time. The Complainant asserts that in the absence of compensation measures, any remedy is inadequate and insufficient. The arguments of the Respondent State on Admissibility 35. As the in-depth account of the procedure shows, the Respondent State neither followed up on its own proposal for an amicable settlement dating from May 2007 and much less for the one initiated by the Complainant in November 2011. Following the decision by the Commission to continue with the procedure on admissibility, the State also did not transmit its arguments in spite of the numerous reminders sent by the Secretariat to that effect. Analysis of the Commission on Admissibility 36. This Communication was submitted in accordance with Article 55 of the African Charter which empowers the Commission to receive and consider « communications other those – originating from – State Parties ». To be declared admissible, the aforementioned communications must meet the conditions laid down in Article 56 of the African Charter. 37. Under the provisions of Rule 105(2) of its Rules of Procedure, when the Secretariat receives observations from the Complainant, it transmits them immediately to the Respondent State to allow the latter to respond within two months from the date the request was forwarded to it. In this Communication, the Commission notes that the procedure referred to here was complied with but the Respondent State had initially sought to proceed 8

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