29. For these reasons, the Court dismisses the objection raised by the Respondent State and holds that it has material jurisdiction in this Application. B. Other aspects of jurisdiction 30. The Court observes that no objection has been raised with respect to its personal, temporal and territorial jurisdiction. Nonetheless, in line with Rule 49(1) of the Rules, it must satisfy itself that all aspects of its jurisdiction are fulfilled before proceeding. 31. In relation to its personal jurisdiction, the Court recalls, as stated in paragraph 2 of this judgment that the Respondent State became a party to the Charter on 21 October 1986, the Protocol on 10 February 2006, and on 29 March 2010, deposited the Declaration. However, on 21 November 2019, the Respondent State deposited with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission an instrument withdrawing its Declaration made under Article 34(6) of the Protocol. The Court further recalls that it has held that the withdrawal of a Declaration does not have any retroactive effect and it also has no bearing on matters pending prior to the filing of the instrument withdrawing the Declaration, or new cases filed before the withdrawal takes effect.10 Since any such withdrawal of the Declaration takes effect 12 months after the notice of withdrawal is deposited, the effective date for the Respondent State’s withdrawal was 22 November 2020.11 This Application, having been filed before the Respondent State deposited its notice of withdrawal, is thus not affected by it. The Court, therefore, finds that it has personal jurisdiction to examine the present Application. 32. In respect of its temporal jurisdiction, the Court notes that the violations alleged by the Applicant arose after the Respondent State became a party to the Protocol. Furthermore, the Court observes that the Applicant remains convicted based on what he considers an unfair process. Therefore, it holds 10 Cheusi v. Tanzania, supra, §§ 35-39. 11 Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v. Republic of Rwanda (jurisdiction) (3 June 2016) 1 AfCLR 562, § 67. 8