nothing on file indicates that the Application is incompatible with the
Constitutive Act of the African Union. The Court holds, therefore, that the
requirement of Rule 50(2)(b) of the Rules is met.
67. The Court also finds that the language used in the Application is not
disparaging or insulting to the Respondent State or its institutions in
fulfilment of Rule 50(2)(c) of the Rules.
68. The Court further finds that the Application is not based exclusively on news
disseminated through mass media as it is founded on legal documents in
fulfilment with Rule 50(2)(d) of the Rules.
69. Concerning the admissibility requirement specified in Article 56(7) of the
Charter, the Court notes that there is nothing on record to show that the
Application concerns a case which has already been 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. The Court, thus, finds that the
Application complies with Rule 50(2)(g) of the Rules.
70. Given all the above, the Court finds the Applicant’s allegations admissible
save for the allegation relating to his prolonged detention before trial.
VII. MERITS
71. The Applicant alleges that the Respondent State violated his rights under
Articles 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the Charter. In his elaboration, however, the
Applicant has not, with clarity, articulated the Respondent State’s conduct
that, supposedly, trigger the violation of each of the articles of the Charter
that he has cited. Overall, however, the Court notes that two major
grievances underlie the Applicant’s case and these are that he was tortured
and that the domestic courts convicted him based on unlawfully obtained
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