r1000?6 2. The Respondent State became party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the Charter") on 21 October 1986 and to the Protocol on 25 May 2004. lt deposited the Declaration prescribed under Article 3a(6) of the Protocol on 11 January 2013, by which it accepted the jurisdiction of the Court to receive cases from individuals and Non-Governmental Organizations. However, on 29 February 2016, the Respondent State notified the African Union Commission of its withdrawal of the said declaration. On 3 January 2016, the Court issued an order indicating that the effective date of the Respondent State's withdrawalwould be 1 March 2017.1 1I. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION A. Facts of the matter 3. The Applicant alleges that before 2013, he worked in the urban passenger transport sector, and on 18 June 2013, he approached the Services Control Authority in Rwanda to request a transport license, but his request was turned down on the grounds that licenses are granted to companies and not to individuals. 4. He also claims to have contacted STELLA transport services agency which prepared a licence application for him, placing the logo and telephone number of the agency as well as the telephone number of the control authority on the bus so that passengers may contact them in the event of a problem. Ruling of the Court on Application No. 003/2014 on 31612016 - lngabire Victoire Umuhoza v. Rwanda, regarding the withdrawal by the Respondent State of the declaration it made under Article 34(6) of the 1 Protocol 2 @---