000626 (ii) it has temporal jurisdiction in view of the fact that by the time of the alleged violations, the Respondent State had already ratified the Charter and therefore bound by it.3 (iii) it has territorial jurisdiction given that the facts of the matter occurred within the territory of a State Party to the Protocol, that is, the Respondent State. 25. ln light of the foregoing considerations, the Court holds that it has jurisdiction to hear the Application. VI. ADMISSIBILITY OF THE APPLICATION 26. ln terms of Article 6(2) of the Protocol, "the Court shall rule on the admissibility of cases taking into accountthe provisions of Article 56 of the Charter." Pursuantto Rule 39(1)of the Rules, "the Court shall conduct preliminary examination of ... the admissibility of the Application in accordance with Article. ..56 of the Charter and Rule 40 of the Rules." 27. Rule 40 of the Rules, which in essence restates Article 56 of the Charter, stipulates as follows: "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 latte/s request 2. Comply with the Constitutive Act of the Union and the Charter; 3. Not contain any disparaging or insulting language; 4. 5. for anonymity; Not based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media; Be filed after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged; 6. 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; 3 Application No. 011/20'1 of Tanzania (Merits) $ 84. l Judgment ot '14106113 (Merits), Reverend Christophe r Mtikila v Un V , Yt".-q

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