-7Ababa, Ethiopia. In the same letter, the Registrar requested the Respondent State to provide, within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Application, the names and addresses of its representatives, in conformity with Rule 35 (4) of the Rules and to respond to the Application within (60) days, as required under Rule 37 of the Rules. 18. Pursuant to Rule 35 (3) of the Rules, by another letter of the same date, the Registrar forwarded a copy of the said Application to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and through her, to the Executive Council of the African Union and to all the other States Parties to the Protocol on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter, referred to as "the Protocol"). 19. By Note Verbale dated 18 July 2013, the Embassy of Burkina Faso and Permanent Mission to the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, acknowledged receipt of the letter from the Registrar dated 10 July 2013. 20. On 26 November 2013, a request to appear as Amici Curiae was submitted by the following non-governmental organizations: Centre for Human Rights, Comite Pour Ia Protection des Journalistes, Media Institute of Southern Africa, Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network, Pan African Lawyers' Union, Pen International and National Pen Centres (Pen Malawi, Pen Algeria, Pen Nigeria, Pen Sierra Leone and Pen South Africa), Southern Africa Litigation Centre and World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. 21. The Amici Curiae Briefs were submitted to the Registry of the Court on 12 February 2014. 22. On 16 September 2013, the Respondent State submitted its Response.