149. The Court notes that Rule 32(2) of the Rules provides: “Unless otherwise decided by the Court, each party shall bear its own costs, if any”.28 150. The Court notes that proceedings before it are free of charge. The Court also notes that while she prays that the Respondent State should be ordered to pay costs, the Applicant does not demonstrate how she incurred cost in this Application. 151. In these circumstances, the Court sees no reason to depart from the aforementioned rule and therefore orders each Party to bear its own costs. X. OPERATIVE PART 152. For these reasons: The COURT, Unanimously, On jurisdiction i. Dismisses the Respondent State’s objections to material jurisdiction; ii. Declares that is has jurisdiction. On admissibility iii. Dismisses the Respondent State’s objection based on nonexhaustion of local remedies relative to the divorce case and to 28 Rule 30(2) of the Rules of Court of 2 June 2010. 39