"1. The Court shall conduct a preliminary examination of its jurisdiction and the admissibility of the application [. .]. 2. ... the Court may request the parties to submit any factual information, documents or other material considered by the Court to be relevant". ln calling for "the submission of any information relating to the facts, documents or other materials which it considers relevant", the Court wishes to inquire into all aspects of the applicable law, as noted in the heading of Article 7. 12.The other reading is to regard the two Articles as complementary and, where the conflict so requires, as being necessary for the Court to further develop its jurisdiction. This was not the case in lhe Mulindahabi decisions, but the Court has done so on various occasions. B. The Court's reading of Articles 3 and 7 in its first wave of decisions 13.The first phase of the Court considered in the interest of the analysis ranges from the Michelot Yogogombayel judgment (2009) to the Femi Felamas judgment (2015). This breakdown shows the evolution of the Court and its judicial involvement on the one hand, and on the other hand, it makes it possible to periodize its commitments as to the bases of its jurisdiction. 14.The Court has always accepled thatthe provisions of Articles 3 and 7 provide a firm basis for its jurisdiction to respond to human rights disputes. lt has done so from its earliest years. lt had perceived the openings left by its.jurisdiction as formulated in the Protocol. The former Vice-President of the African Court, Judge Ouguergouz, states in his study that: "Article 3 § 1 of the Protocol provides for a very broad substantive jurisdiction of the Court [...]. The liberal nature of this provision is confirmed by Article 7, entitled "Applicable law"s. '^t(lllPR. ,llitheltt ,t)g(ryt)nth .t'a r lltpuhlit ol Sanagul.l5 l)ccc.rrthcr l(X)9: sec also, Lollc'lman .jurtspruLlenc'e rt/ thr .1./i'it'un ('ourt (,n llutnLut (M.). /ii,i'r,lr .utl l'toplas' llrghls. l'ublished b1 [)cutshcd (icscllschali...(ill. 201(r, p.2. Ir^lCIIl'R. l:c»ti l:ulanu r'. .lfrrcttn ('onni:s:tion on lhtntm und l'coplt.s'l?ig/rls. Ordcr. l0 Novcrnbcr l0l5. '' Ou.'qur"-rgoLrz (li.). La ('our aliicainc rlcs droits dc l'honrnrc ct dcs pcuplcs - (iros plan sur lc prcrnicr orranc judiciairc aliicain à vocation contincntalc, .ltttruuirt fi t.:ntuts tle ln»t intunullr.,rrrrl. volurnc 51. 200(r. pp. 2132J0: 5