001097 thereof was served on the Respondent State. There has since been no reaction from the latter. 15.In conformity with the decision taken at its 51st Ordinary Session held from 12 November to 7 December 2018, the Court decided to propose to the Parties to seek an amicable settlement of the matter pursuant to Rule 57 of the Rules. 16.The Parties accepted the Court's initiative for amicable settlement. The Applicant submitted issues to be considered for the amicable settlement and these were duly transmitted to the Respondent State for the latter’s observations. 17. However, despite several reminders, the Respondent State did not respond to the Applicant's issues for amicable settlement. The Court consequently decided to proceed with consideration of the merits of the Application. 18. At its 54th ordinary session held in Arusha from 2 to 27 September 2019, the Court decided to visit the Applicant at Bukoba prison and the coffee plantation that he claims belongs to his family, to obtain more information on the key issues. 19.On 1 October 2019, the Registry sent a letter to this effect to the Parties proposing to them to take part in the visit and giving them seven (7) days to respond to the proposal. On 7 October 2019, the Applicant's Counsel, in response, expressed his readiness to participate in the visit on the dates set by the Court. The Respondent State did not respond to the proposal. 20.In the absence of a response from the Respondent State, the Court cancelled the proposed visit and in lieu of that, on 17 October 2019, sent the Parties a list of questions to be answered within a period of ten (10) days to facilitate the work of the Court. Both Parties did not submit their answers to the questions posed by the Court.