12. The Complainant alleges that the Respondent State violated Articles 7(1)(c) and 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter). Prayers 13. The Complainant seeks the following: (a) Declare ex officio the nullity of the Supreme Court’s Judgment for being unlawful (Civil Code Article 286); (b) Return the house to the Victim; (c) Pay the Victim compensation in Mozambique currently equivalent to four million, five hundred thousand dollars (USD 4,500,000) for actual and moral damages and for profit loss (sic) incurred since January 1976; and (d) Revoke the legal norms enunciated above conferring a special prerogative which is patently unconstitutional and inhuman. Procedure 14. The Complaint was received on 19 September 2012, and receipt was acknowledged on 14 November 2012. The Communication was seized during the 13th ExtraOrdinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), which was held from 19 to 25 February 2013, in Banjul, The Gambia. 15. On 27 February 2013, the Complainant was informed of the Commission’s decision to be seized of the matter and was requested to present evidence and arguments on admissibility within two months, while the Respondent State was informed of the seizure via a Note Verbale dated 27 February 2013, which also transmitted the Complaint and Seizure decision to the State. 16. Between 27 May 2013 and 02 April 2014, the Secretariat sent two updates on the progress of the Communication to the parties, and requested the Complainant to submit arguments on admissibility. 17. A letter was hand delivered to the Commission on 02 May 2014, dated 26 July 2013, during the 55th Ordinary Session, held from 28 April to 12 May 2014 in Luanda, Angola, in which the Complainant requested an extension of time to submit on Admissibility, in accordance with Rule 113(2) of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure. 18. On 04 June 2014 the Secretariat received the Complainant’s submissions on Admissibility, which were transmitted to the Respondent State on 31 July 2014 via email. 19. Through a Note Verbale dated 11 March 2015, the Secretariat made a final request for the Respondent State to submit its arguments and evidence on admissibility, 3

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