0003U5 7. not raise any matter or issues previously settled by the parties in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union". 21 . The Respondent State raised two objections on admissibility relating to the identity of the Applicants and to the requirement of exhaustion of local remedies. A. Conditions of admissibility in contention between the Parties i. Objection based on the identity of the Applicants 22.The Respondent State raises an objection to the admissibility of the Application based on the lack of proper identification of the members of the group who have filed the Application. ln their Reply, the Applicants submitted a list of the names of the one hundred and thirteen (113) former workers of ALS who are part of the group. 23.The Court notes that with the submission of the above mentioned list of the members of the group, the Applicants are properly identified in accordance with Rule 40(1) of the Rules and hence, the Respondent State's objection in this regard is dismissed. ii. Objection based on failure to exhaust local remedies 24.The Respondent State alleges that the Application should be declared inadmissible on the ground that local remedies were not exhausted, because in the absence of a judgment on the criminal complaint as is the case in this matter, the Applicants should have gone on appeal before the investigating judge and filed a civil suit, which they failed to do. 8 v. e-

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