62. Rule 50(2) of the Rules of Court,10 which in substance restates the
provisions of Article 56 of the Charter, provides as follows:
Applications filed before the Court shall comply with all of 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;
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 exhausted or from the date set by the Court as
being the commencement of the time limit within which it shall
be seized with the matter; and
g.
Do not deal with cases which have been settled by those States
involved in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the
United Nations, or the Constitutive Act of the African Union or
the provisions of the Charter.
63. The Court notes that in the present case, the Parties do not dispute that the
Application complies with the requirements under Rule 50 of the Rules.
Nevertheless, the Court must satisfy itself that the said requirements Rules
are met before proceeding to consider the Application.
64. The Court notes that in accordance with Rule 50(2)(a) of the Rules, the
Applicant has clearly stated his identity.
65. The Court also notes that the present Application seeks to protect the
Applicant’s rights under the Charter. Moreover, one of the objectives of the
10 Rule 40 of the Rules of 2 June 2010.
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