remedies, as he went through all the required criminal trial processes up to the Court of Appeal, which is the highest court in the Respondent State. *** 47. The Court takes note that, in accordance with Rule 50(2)(e) of the Rules, any application submitted before it must fulfil the requirement of exhaustion of local remedies unless they are unavailable, ineffective, or the procedures to pursue them are unduly prolonged.10 This requirement seeks to ensure that States have the opportunity to address human rights violations occurring within their jurisdiction before an international body is called upon to intervene. It underscores the subsidiary role of international human rights bodies in safeguarding human and peoples’ rights. Throughout its established jurisprudence, the Court has consistently upheld that for this admissibility requirement to be fulfilled, the remedies to be exhausted must be ordinary judicial remedies.11 48. In the present case, the Court observes that the Court of Appeal, which is the highest court in the Respondent State, dismissed the Applicant’s appeal on 27 October 2014. While the Applicant contends that he had lodged an application for review of this decision, the appellate procedure through which the Court of Appeal upheld the conviction and sentence is the final ordinary judicial remedy accessible to the Applicant in the Respondent State. 49. With regard to the Respondent State’s contention that the Applicant did not raise any issue on the credibility of prosecution witnesses during domestic proceedings, the Court is of the view that this alleged violation occurred in the course of the domestic judicial proceedings that led to the Applicant’s 10 Thomas v. Tanzania (merits), supra, § 64; Kennedy Owino Onyachi and Charles Mwanini Njoka v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits) (28 September 2017) 2 AfCLR 65, § 56; Werema Wangoko Werema and Wasiri Wangoko Werema v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits) (7 December 2018) 2 AfCLR 520, § 40. 11 Wilfred Onyango Nganyi and 9 Others v. United Republic of Tanzania (reparations) (4 July 2019) 3 AfCLR 308, § 95. 13