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ii.
Objection relating to incompatibility with the Constitutive Act of the African
Union
44.The Respondent State avers that the allegations raised in the Application are not
compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union (hereinafter referred to as
the "Constitutive Act"). This position is based on the convictions against Kayumba
Nyamwasa and Safari Stanley following criminal proceedings in the Respondent
State. The Respondent State avers that Kayumba Nyamwasa was convicted of
crimes of threatening state security, sectarianism, setting up a criminal gang and
desertion from the military. The Respondent State further indicates that Safari
Stanley was convicted for genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, complicity in
genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide crimes against humanity
and violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and Additional
Protocol ll.
45. The Respondent State argues that because the acts for which these Applicants were
convicted are against the principles set out in Article 4(o) of the Constitutive Act, this
Application does not meet the requirements of Article 56(2) of the Charter and should
therefore be dismissed.
46.The Applicants have not specifically responded to the Respondent State's
contention on the incompatibility of their Application with the Constitutive Act, rather
they refer generally to the irrelevance of the Respondent State's objection in this
regard and highlight the injustice of their convictions.
47. Article 56(2) of the Charter, as restated in Article
a\Q) of the Rules, envisages that
applications before the Court shall be considered if they are compatible with the
Charter of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the Constitutive Act. Article
4(o) of the said Act provides that "the Union shall function in accordance with the
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