apply in this matter as remedies are available and provided for by law, that is, the Constitution 1977 (revised in 1995) (hereinafter the Constitution), Penal Code 1981 (revised 2022), Criminal Procedure Act 1977 (revised 2022), Basic Rights and Duties Enforcement Act 1995 (revised 2019) and Persons with Disabilities Act 2010. 56. According to the Respondent State, the Applicants could have filed a petition before the High Court of Tanzania but did not make such an attempt. Citing the Commission’s case of Article 19 v. Eritrea, the Respondent State contends that the Applicants should have exhausted local remedies rather than casting aspersions on the ability of the domestic courts to provide a remedy for the alleged violations. 57. The Respondent State argues that Article 26(2) of the Constitution, and the Basic Rights and Duties Enforcement Act 1995 (revised 2019), allow both individuals and other groups seeking to protect human rights to seize the High Court of Tanzania with alleged human rights violations in order to obtain reliefs. It therefore argues that the fact that the Applicants are NGOs is not an encumbrance to them seeking relief for the alleged violations in the domestic courts. 58. Citing the cases of Reverend Christopher Mtikila v. Attorney General and Attorney General v. Jeremiah Mtobesya, the Respondent State contends that the doctrine of public interest litigation is customary before its domestic courts. It argues that the Applicants should, therefore, not be absolved from exhaustion of local remedies simply because they did not suffer the alleged violations personally. 59. According to the Respondent State, the Tanzanian case of Legal and Human Rights Centre and Tanganyika Law Society v. Hon. Mizengo Pinda and Attorney General can be distinguished herein. This is, according to the Respondent State, because, even though the case was struck out owing to the applicants’ lack of locus standi, the decision was based on the fact that the petitioners had relied on Article 30(3) of the Constitution, rather than 15