c'cogrrs V. JURISDICTION 29. Pursuant to Article 3 of the Protocol, "the jurisdiction of the Court shall extend to all cases and disputes submitted to it concerning the interpretation and application of the Charter, this Protocol and any other relevant human rights instruments ratified by the States concerned." 30 ln accordance with Rule 39(1) of the Rules, "the court shalt conduct preliminary examination of its jurisdiction 31. The Respondent state contends that the Application has not invoked the jurisdiction of the Court but does not specify which aspect of jurisdiction is referred to. 32. The Applicant on his part avers that the Court has jurisdiction without substantiating his contention. 33. Having conducted a preliminary examination on its jurisdiction and noting futher that there is no indication on file that it does not have jurisdiction, the Court holds that: It has materialjurisdiction given that the Application raises alleged violations of the Charter to which the Respondent State is a party. It has personaljurisdiction given that the Respondent State is a party to the Protocol and has made the declaration prescribed underArticle 34 (6) of the Protocol, which enabted the Applicant to bring this Application directly before this Court, pursuant to Article 5(3) of the Protocol. ilt It has temporaljurisdiction as the alleged violations which gave rise to this Application occurred before the Respondent State became a party to the Protocol and deposited the declaration but continued thereafte (-, ) 9