c. Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed against the State concerned and its institutions or the African Union; d. Are not based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media; e. Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that the procedure is unduly prolonged; f. Are submitted within a reasonable time from the date local remedies were exhausted or from the date set by the Court as being the commencement of the time-limit within which it shall be seised with the matter; and g. Do not deal with cases which have been settled by those States involved in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or the Constitutive Act of the African Union or the provisions of the Charter. 20. The Court notes that, in the instant case, the Respondent State raises two objections to admissibility, one based on non-exhaustion of local remedies (A) and the other on the Application having been filed within an unreasonable time. The Court will rule on the objections before examining, if necessary, the other conditions of admissibility (B). A. Objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies 21. The Respondent State submits that the Application is inadmissible for nonexhaustion of local remedies. It contends that it was not given the opportunity to remedy the alleged violations inasmuch as those violations were never brought before its courts. It emphasises that the application of the rule on exhaustion of local remedies should enable its superior courts to remedy the failings of the lower courts. 22. The Respondent State contends that the Applicant himself acknowledges that he did not file a cassation appeal, which is an available, satisfactory and effective remedy, even though the judgment of the Abidjan Court of Appeal could have been the subject of such an appeal. 7