50. It avers that, according to the United Nations experts’ report released on 13 June 2023, several Member States and the European Union have requested the Respondent State to halt its support to M23. The Applicant State emphasizes that, through the said report, the United Nations Security Council’s meeting on 19 December 2023 condemned “support to M23 by any external party” and demanded “the cessation of such support and the immediate withdrawal of any such party from the Democratic Republic of the Congo”. It holds that the Respondent State is the “external party” mentioned in the report. 51. Finally, the Applicant State argues that, in accordance with the Court’s established jurisprudence, notably the judgments in Anudo Ochieng Anudo v. United Republic of Tanzania and Jebra Kambole v. United Republic of Tanzania, material jurisdiction is established when the rights alleged to have been violated are guaranteed by the Charter or by any other human rights instrument ratified by the State concerned. In this respect, it argues that in Urban Mkandawire v. Republic of Malawi, the Court held that the [mere] indication of the subject matter of the application is sufficient to establish its material jurisdiction, and that this is the only one necessary for this purpose. According to the Applicant State, an additional point is the fact that the Court uses the terms “cases” and “disputes” interchangeably. 52. At the hearing, the Applicant State reiterated the content of its submissions. It also submitted that the Respondent State has never disputed that the rights alleged to have been violated are protected by the Charter and by other human rights instruments to which it is a Party. 53. It also underscored that the meaning and scope given by the Respondent State to the terms, "case" and "dispute", which, in any case, have not been defined by the Protocol, cannot constitute an impediment to the Court's material jurisdiction. 54. Finally, the Applicant State points out that assessing the existence of a dispute is a question of substance. It adds that, in any event, there is 14

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