VII.
COSTS
66. The Applicants pray the Court to order the Respondent state to bear all
costs.
67. The Respondent State prays the Court to order the Applicants to bear all
costs.
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68. The Court notes that Rule 32(2) of its Rules 14 provides that “unless
otherwise decided by the Court, each party shall bear its own costs, if any.”
69. Given the circumstances of this case, the Court decides that each Party
shall bear its own costs.
VIII.
OPERATIVE PART
70. For these reasons:
THE COURT,
Unanimously,
On jurisdiction
i.
Declares that it has jurisdiction.
On admissibility
ii.
Upholds the Respondent State’s objection based on nonexhaustion of local remedies;
iii.
Declares the Application inadmissible.
14 Rule 30(2) of the Rules of 2 June 2010.
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