B. Other admissibility requirements
61. The Court notes that although no objection has been raised regarding the
requirements set out in Rule 50(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), and (g) of the Rules, it
must ensure that the consolidated Applications fulfil these requirements.
62. From the record, the Court notes that, both Applicants have been clearly
identified by name in fulfilment of Rule 50(2)(a) of the Rules.
63. The Court also notes that the claims made by both Applicants seek to
protect their rights guaranteed under the Charter. Furthermore, one of the
objectives of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, as stated in Article
3(h) thereof, is the promotion and protection of human and peoples’ rights.
Additionally, the consolidated Applications do not contain any claim or
prayer that is incompatible with a provision of the said Act. Therefore, the
Court considers that the consolidated Applications are compatible with the
Constitutive Act of the African Union and the Charter and holds that the
requirement of Rule 50(2)(b) of the Rules is fulfilled.
64. The Court further notes that the consolidated Applications do not contain
any disparaging or insulting language with regard to the Respondent State
or its institutions, in compliance with the Rule 50(2)(c) of the Rules.
65. The consolidated Applications are also not based exclusively on news
disseminated through mass media, rather they are based on documents
from the municipal courts of the Respondent State. Thus, the requirements
of Rule 50 (2) (d) of the Rules are complied with.
66. The Court also holds that the consolidated Applications do not raise any
matter or issues previously settled by the parties in accordance with the
principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the
African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the
African Union as required under Rule 50(2)(g) of the Rules.
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