c. Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed against the State concerned and its institutions or the African Union; d. Are not based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media; e. Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged; f. Are submitted within a reasonable time from the date local remedies were exhausted or from the date set by the Court as being the commencement of the time limit within which it shall be seized with the matter; and g. Do not deal with cases which have been settled by those States involved, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or the Constitutive Act of the African Union, or the provisions of the Charter. 53. The Respondent State raises two objections to the admissibility of the Application, both are based on the failure of the Applicants to exhaust local remedies. The Court will, therefore, consider the said objections before examining other conditions of admissibility, if necessary. A. Objections based on non-exhaustion of local remedies 54. The Respondent State raises two objections to the admissibility of the Application relating to the non-exhaustion of local remedies: First, that the remedies are available, efficient and sufficient and thus should have been exhausted (i); and second, that the Applicants could have filed individual cases on behalf of the PWA alleging violation of their rights (ii). i. Objection on the ground that the Applicants did not exhaust available remedies 55. The Respondent State contends that the Applicants have not exhausted local remedies as required by the Charter even though they are available. It argues that exceptions to the rule on exhaustion of local remedies do not 14

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