Vv. iv. That, the Application be dismissed. v. The Applicant to pay the Respondent's costs. JURISDICTION 13. The Court observes that Article 3(1) of the Protocol provides as follows: 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 instrument ratified by the States concerned. 14. The Court further observes that in terms of Rule 39(1) of the Rules: “[t]he Court shall conduct preliminary examination of its jurisdiction ...”. 15.The Court notes that none of the Parties to this Application has challenged its jurisdiction. This notwithstanding, and on the basis of the above-cited provisions, the Court must, preliminarily, conduct an assessment of its jurisdiction. 16.The Court recalls that jurisdiction has four dimensions: personal, material, temporal and territorial. The Court further recalls that all applications must fulfil the four dimensions of jurisdiction before they can be considered. 17. The Court notes, with respect to its personal jurisdiction, that, as earlier stated in this Judgment, the Respondent State is a party to the Protocol and on 29 March 2010, filed the Declaration prescribed under Article 34(6) of the Protocol accepting the jurisdiction of the Court to directly receive applications from Non-governmental Organizations with observer status with individuals and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter “the Commission’). 18.The Court deposited, Declaration. also with recalls that the African the Union Respondent Commission, State, an on 21 instrument November 2019, withdrawing its