00013 ? "Pursuant to the provisions of a(icle 56 of the charter to which article 6(2) of the Protocol refers, applications to the court shall comply with the following conditions: 1. disclose the identity of the Applicant notwithstanding the latter's request for anonymity; 2. comply with the Constitutive Act of the Union and the Charter 3. not contain any disparaging or insulting language; 4. not be based excrusivery on news disseminated through the mass media; 5. be filed after exhausting locar remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this ; procedure is unduly prolonged; 6' 7 - be filed 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 not raise any mater or issues previously setfled by the parties in accordance with principles the of the charter of the United Nations, the constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the charter or of any regar instrument of the African Union.' A. 41' conditions of admissibility that are in contention between the parties The Respondent State has raised two objections to the admissibility of the Application relating to the requirements of exhaustion of local remedies and the filing of the Application within a reasonable time after the exhaustion of local remedies. i. objection retating to non-exhaustion of locar remedies 42' The Respondent State contends that rather than filing this Application before this court, the Applicant had two options that he could have used to get redress for his grievances at domestic level. According to the Respondent state, the Applicant could have either sought a review of the court of Appeal,s judgment on his appeal, or he could have filed a constitutional petition pursuant to the Basic Rights and Duties Enforcement Act [cap. 3 RE 2002], relating to the alteged violations of his rights 11 t-/-)/ L, e-

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