iii. Temporal jurisdiction as the alleged violations occurred after the
Respondent State became a party to the Charter and to the Protocol,
as indicated in paragraph 2 of this Judgment.
iv. Territorial jurisdiction, insofar as the violations alleged by the
Applicants occurred on the territory of the Respondent State.
23. Consequently, the Court finds that it has jurisdiction to examine the Application.
VII.
ADMISSIBILITY
24. Under Article 6(2) of the Protocol “[t]he Court shall rule on the admissibility of
cases taking into account the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter”.
25. Pursuant to Rule 50(1) of the Rules, “[t]he 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”.
26. Rule 50(2) of the Rules, which in substance restates Article 56 of the Charter,
provides that:
Applications filed before the Court shall comply with all of the following conditions:
a)
Indicate their authors even if the latter request 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;
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
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