20. On 28 November 2024, the Registry notified the Parties that a public hearing would be held on 12 February 2025 on jurisdiction and admissibility. 21. The Court held the public hearing on 12 and 13 February 2025, and proceeded to deliberate on the matter. 22. On 26 February 2025, the Registry sent the verbatim report of the hearing to the Parties for their observations within 21 days of receipt. The Parties filed their observations on 20 March 2025. IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 23. The Applicant State prays the Court to: i. Declare that it has jurisdiction and that the Application is admissible; ii. Declare that the Respondent State violated Articles 1, 4, 5, 6, 7(1)(a), 14, 16, 17, 18(1), 22, 23 and 24 of the Charter; Articles 3(1) and (2), 4, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18(1) and 19(c) of the Protocol on Women’s Rights; Articles 5(1) and 11(1) of the ACRWC; Articles 2(1), 6(1), 7, 8, 9(1), 10(1) and 12(1) of the ICCPR, and Articles 12(1) and 13(1) of the ICESCR; iii. Declare that the Respondent State has an obligation to withdraw all its troops from its territory and to cease forthwith all forms of support to the M23 so as to end the human rights violations for which the Court has found the Respondent responsible; iv. Declare that the Respondent State has an obligation towards the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its people - victims of the said violations - to provide adequate reparation for all the harm resulting from the violations; v. Declare that the question of reparation due the Democratic Republic of Congo and its people, victims of the human rights violations perpetrated by the Respondent State, will be settled by the Court, and reserve further proceedings to this end in accordance with the provisions of Article 27(1) of the Protocol and Rules 4, 40 and 69(3) of the Rules of Court taken together; 7