submit within a period of one month effective 12 September 2014, including a copy of some texts of the law to enable the Commission carry out an exhaustive review of some issues raised in the Communication. THE LAW Admissibility Arguments of the Complainant on Admissibility 30. The Complainant alleges that the Communication meets the conditions laid down by Article 56 of the African Charter on admissibility. However, the arguments of the Complainant are focused exclusively on fulfillment of the condition of exhausting local remedies pursuant to Article 56 (5). 31. On this condition, the Complainant alleges that domestic remedies are not available for three main reasons. In the first place, the Complainant reckons that the widespread and targeted acts of physical violence against members of the victims’ communities and the reasonable fear of such violence constitute an obstacle to their ability to exhaust the remedies. The Complainant further avers that the Communication reveals a case of serious and massive human rights violations and, in that regard, the gravity of the situation and the huge numbers of victims involved make it practically impossible to exhaust local remedies. Finally, the Complainant asserts that the effectiveness and suitability of the remedies cannot be guaranteed as the national system does not provide any mechanism for collective action or another procedure for redress of widespread violations involving a large group of victims. 32. While recognizing the positive nature of the legislative reforms on nationality carried out by the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire after the Communication was lodged, the Complainant alleges that these reforms cannot prevent the admissibility of their Complaint for two main reasons. On the one hand, the Complainant refers to the established case law of the Commission to support the fact that admissibility must be considered from the time the Communication is submitted. The Complainant further argues that admissibility must be determined based on the facts and circumstances prevailing at the time the Complaint was lodged and that any subsequent change of government or legal regime must be considered in the light of the facts and circumstances of the cause and not in the abstract. 7

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