b. Are compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and with the Charter, c. Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed against the State concerned and its institutions or the African Union, d. Are not based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media, e. Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged, f. Are submitted 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 seised with the matter, and g. Do not deal with cases which have been settled by those States involved in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or the Constitutive Act of the African Union or the provisions of the Charter. 31. The Court notes that the Respondent State raises an objection to the admissibility of the Application relating to the requirement of exhaustion of local remedies. The Court will consider this objection, first, before examining other conditions of admissibility, if necessary. A. Objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies 32. The Respondent State contends that the Applicants have not exhausted local remedies and thus their Application should be declared inadmissible. According to the Respondent State, the Applicants had the remedy of instituting a review or revision of the Court of Appeal’s decision.8 * 8 According to the Respondent State, this could have been done under Part IIIB, Rule 65 and 66 of the Court of Appeal Rules, 2009. 9

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