judge turned a deaf ear to the pleas of the Complainants, they could and should have brought their complaints before the Judicial Administration Council, a recourse which the State claims was not sought by the Complainants. 80. The State argues further that the Complainants did not bring their grievances to the attention of the Judicial Administration Offices and the Human Rights Commission. According to the State, the Complainants have not shown that the judicial process was unduly prolonged and do not show why they did not attempt to exhaust all these remedies available to them. 81. The State also notes that for local remedies to be exhausted, the Complaint must have been dealt with by the highest court of the land, but in the instant case, there is no evidence to show that the Complainants have submitted a case with the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia. The State however notes that many of the suspects have just recently brought their cases to the Supreme Court after being convicted by lower courts and these cases are still awaiting judgment. The State notes further that with respect to senior government officials of the Dergue regime, their cases were still being heard in the Federal High Court Criminal Branch and they still have an opportunity to appeal to higher courts, if convicted. 82. Regarding the allegation of the Complainants that the process is unduly long, the State notes that measures have been taken to reduce the time that will be taken to effectively try the victims to meet international fair trial standards. It states that it is intended that all the trials will be completed by the beginning of 2006. The state notes further that the delay has been caused by both the defence and the prosecution due to the many witnesses they had. 83. The State claims the remedy sought by the Complainants is beyond the competence of the Commission, claiming that the latter is being requested to not only review the ongoing trial process in Ethiopia but also to instruct Ethiopia on what form of domestic mechanism it should adopt in prosecuting and trying of persons accused of gross human rights violations. In particular, the State argues that the complainants are asking the Commission to order Ethiopia to agree to the setting up of an international tribunal similar to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda or the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. The State notes that different countries have adopted different approaches in bringing human rights perpetrators to book, such as the establishment of the truth and reconciliation commission, international tribunals, etc, but in Ethiopia, the government has established the Special Prosecutions Offices, making a 15