39. With regard to the requirement under Rule 50(2)(f) of the Rules that the
Application be filed within a reasonable time, the Court recalls that it has
adopted a case-by-case approach to assessing what constitutes a
reasonable time, having regard to the particular circumstances of each
case.7 The Court further recalls that it has consistently held that when the
time being assessed is relatively short, as is the case in the instant
Application, it considers such time to be manifestly reasonable.8
40. In the present case, the Court must determine whether the period of one
year and 14 days that elapsed between 10 August 2017, the date of the last
decision of the Respondent State’s Supreme Court, the end point of the
exhaustion of local remedies, and 24 August 2018, the date on which the
present Application was filed, is a reasonable time. The Court observes that
this time being assessed is relatively short and, as such, holds that such
time is manifestly reasonable.9 The Court therefore finds that the Application
complies with the requirements of Rule 50(2)(f) of the Rules.
41. Finally, the Court notes that, in accordance with Rule 50(2)(g) of the Rules,
the present Application does not concern a matter already settled by the
parties in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United
Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, or the provisions of the
Charter. Consequently, the relevant requirement is met.
42. In the light of the foregoing, the Court holds that all the admissibility
requirements under Rule 50(2) of the Rules have been met and
consequently declares the Application admissible.
7 Armand Guéhi v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits and reparations) (7 December 2018) 2 AfCLR
477, § 56; Nguza Viking and another v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits) (23 March 2018) 2 AfCLR
287, § 61.
8 Kija Nestory v. United Republic of Tanzania, AfCHPR, Application No. 01/2018, judgment of 13
November 2024 (merits and reparations), §§ 40, 41; Niyonzima Augustine v. United Republic of
Tanzania, AfCHPR, Application No. 058/2016, judgment of 13 June 2023 (merits and reparations), §
58.
9 Boubacar Sissoko and 74 others v. Republic of Mali (merits and reparations) (2020) 4 AfCLR 641, §
53; Lucien Ikili Rashidi v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits and reparations) (28 March 2019) 3 AfCLR
13, § 56.
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