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;
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