B. Personal Jurisdiction 35. The Court notes with respect to its personal jurisdiction, that as earlier stated in this Judgment", the Respondent State is a party to the Protocol and on 29 March 2010, filed the Declaration prescribed under Article 34(6) of the Protocol through which it accepted the jurisdiction of the Court to receive applications from individuals and Non-governmental Organisations with Observer Status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ 36.The Court also notes that on 21 November 2019 Rights. the Respondent State deposited with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission an instrument withdrawing its Declaration. 37.With respect to the effects of the withdrawal, the Court recalls that the withdrawal of a Declaration deposited pursuant to Article 34(6) of the Protocol does not have any retroactive effect." Furthermore, the withdrawal has no bearing on matters pending prior to the filing of the withdrawal, as is the case with the present Application. 38. In regard to the date of entry into force of the withdrawal, the Court reaffirms its ruling in the above cited /ngabire case that such a withdrawal takes effect twelve (12) months after the filing of the instrument of withdrawal. 39. Similarly, based on its decision in the Ingabire Case cited above, the Court holds that the withdrawal of the declaration by the United Republic of Tanzania will take effect on 22 November 2020. 40. In light of the foregoing, the Court finds that it has personal jurisdiction to examine the present Application. © See paragraph 2 above. 4 Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v. Republic of Rwanda (jurisdcition)(2014) 1 AFCLR 13 540 § 67.