established by the Commission. Indeed, in as much as these allegations tarnish the image of the Government, which in any case of alleged human rights violations is bound to happen, the Commission sees a challenge in determining that statements made by the Complainants aim at unlawfully and intentionally violate the dignity, reputation or integrity of a judicial officer or body. 107. Further, the consideration of a complaint by the Commission is a process. Findings pertaining to the analysis of the alleged violated articles occur in the Merits phase. In that regard, evidence of the alleged violations will be considered then. Therefore, at this stage, the State's argument as to the absence of evidence constitutes an insult to the Government cannot be determined. Consequently, the Commission finds that the conditions of Article 56 (3) have been satisfied. , .. ' News disseminated through mass media (Article 56 (4)) 108, Article 56 (4) requires that Communications disseminated through the mass media". ." "are not based ... exclusively on news 109. The Commission observes that, based on the submissions of the Complainant and primary evidence provided, the facts and violations allegedtiiith.is Complaint are in harmony with relevant reports established by trustworthy sources. Indeed, the present facts, resulting from the situation of instability in 2016 were noted by the ACHPR, though a Press Release, condemning the alleged violations, Further, the Human, Rights Council recognized the existence of the Al}gloph9ne crisis, in its 39th session. Furthermore, International Crisis Group equally evid'(:?ncedthe existence of the Cameroon crisis. The Commission observes that this matter is widely known and established, and that therefore, it is not solely based on information resulting from mass media. 110. In view of the above, the Commission concludes that the conditions of Article 56 (4) have been satisfied. Exhaustion of local remedies (Art~cI~'5,6(5)) : ' ,-.'-'~"l.:,; :. 111. Article 56(5) of the Charter requires that Communications" are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged". 112. This principle underlines the importance of State judicial sovereignty. The principle reserves the right to national courts to redress any violation alleged to hav -~~~t1 ~ by the State. This implies that, as a principle, "victims first use the judicial 0 ,:>~@irttSt1J'l1t~~ . ~ompla~lt proced~res available under national law before bringing ~/$i)mH aiti.~n~e °1",' international level 13. I/~ (f,.)' 't\ ; ,.='/ , ~ o V J:: I r e:~~~t 113. The Commission Jaid "" foundation. of this p~in~iple in its j~ri~pruden e cacs~ p!ii C;;i Dawda K. [awara against TIle Gambia, wherein It held that this prevent , the~ ffi'is'(~i1<v':>' c . 13 International Justice Resource Center, Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies in the African Human Rights System, https:/fjjrcenter,org/exhaustion-of-dQ.me_s_tic-rem.edLesI 110 4"'RICI\\I'I'C- ~vil1ME '~ ~,<'v ('''~ ET OES ,./' -.~~ ..~ 18