Pursuant to the provisions of article 56 of the Charter to which Article 6(2) of the Protocol refers, applications to the Court shall comply with the following conditions: 1. disclose the identity of the Applicant notwithstanding the latter's request for ak ON anonymity; comply with the Constitutive Act of the Union and the Charter; not contain any disparaging or insulting language; not be based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media; be filed after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that the procedure in unduly prolonged; be filed within a reasonable time from the date local remedies were exhausted or from the date set by the Court as being the commencement of the time limit within which it shall be seized with the matter; and not raise any matter or issues previously settled by the parties in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union. A. Conditions of admissibility in contention between the Parties 45.The Respondent State raises two (2) objections to the admissibility of the Application; the first, relating to the requirement of exhaustion of local remedies and the second, to the filing of the Application within a reasonable time under Rules 40 (5) and (6) of the Rules. i. Objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies 46.The Respondent State submits that the Application does not conditions of admissibility set out in Rule 40(5) of the Rules meet the as regards exhaustion of local remedies, adding that it was premature for the Applicant to file the present case before the Court, given that domestic remedies were available to him. 15

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