000233 11. By correspondence dated 18 October, 2016, the Registry transmitted the Application to the other entities mentioned in Rule 35(3) of the Rules. 12. On 3 January,2017, the Registry received the Response of the Respondent State which raised objection to the admissibility of the Application and prayed the Court, in the alternative, to declare the Application baseless. By a letter dated 17 January,2017, the Registry transmitted this Response to the Applicant. 13. On 16 February, 2017, the Registry received the Applicant's Reply, receipt of which it acknowledged and transmitted a copy thereof to the Respondent State on 17 February, 2017 lor information. its 44th Ordinary Session held in March 2017, the Court decided to close the pleadings. By correspondence dated 3 April, 2017, the Registry notified 14. At the Parties of the closure of pleadings effective from that same date. IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES 15. The Applicant prays the Court to "declare that it has jurisdiction to hear the case; declare that his Application is admissible; t rule that he is the owner of AGRILAND, of which he holds ninety-five percent (95%) of the share capital; IV rule that the human rights violations against AGRILAND affect him directly; V find that he and his company are victims of human rights violations committed by lvorian justice; VI vI find the State of C6te d'lvoire responsible for the said violations; order the Respondent State to pay him the amount of ten billion (10,000,000,000) CFA Francs as damages; 5 \rtl k T