D. Other admissibility requirements in relation to proceedings against the
lawyers
83. The Court notes from the records that the Parties do not dispute that the
Application complies with the requirements of Article 56 (1), (2), (3), (and
(7) of the Charter, as restated in Rule 50(2) (a), (c), (b), (d), and (g) of the
Rules. Nevertheless, the Court must ensure that these requirements are
met.
84. The Court notes that it emerges from the record that the requirement under
Rule 50(2)(a) of the Rules is met insofar as the Applicant has clearly
indicated his identity.
85. The Court further notes that the Application does not contain disparaging or
insulting language against the Respondent State, which makes it
compatible with the requirement contained in Rule 50(2)(c) of the Rules.
86. Regarding the requirement contained in Rule 50(2)(d) of the Rules, the
Court notes that the Application is not based exclusively on news
disseminated through the mass media but on judicial documents. The Court
therefore finds that the Application complies with the aforementioned
provision.
87. Finally, as regards the requirement of Rule 50(2)(g) of the Rules, the Court
finds that the present case does not concern a matter which has already
been settled by the Parties in accordance with the principles of the United
Nations Charter, the Constitutive Act of the African Union or the provisions
of the Charter.
88. In view of the foregoing, the Court holds that with regard to the complaints
against the Applicant’s lawyers before the Constitutional Court, the
Application meets all the admissibility requirements in Article 56 of the
Charter as restated in Rule 50(2) of the Rules and thus declares the
Application admissible.
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