ii. Personal jurisdiction, since the Respondent State has made the Declaration as indicated in paragraph 2 of the present Judgment. iii. Temporal jurisdiction, in as much as the alleged violations took place after the Respondent State became party to the Protocol. iv. Territorial jurisdiction as the facts of the case occurred in the territory of the Respondent State. 27. Considering all the above, the Court holds that it has jurisdiction to hear the present Application. VII. ADMISSIBILITY 28. Pursuant to Article 6(2) of the Protocol, “the Court shall rule on the admissibility of cases taking into account the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter”. 29. In line with Rule 50(1) of the Rules, “the Court shall ascertain the admissibility of an Application filed before it in accordance with Article 56 of the Charter, Article 6(2) of the Protocol and these Rules.” 30. The Court notes that Rule 50(2) of the Rules, which in substance restates the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter, provides as follows: Applications filed before the Court shall comply with all the following conditions: a. Indicate their authors even if the latter requests anonymity; b. Are compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and with the Charter. 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; 8

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