b.
Draw the attention of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African
Union (AU) to the situation in accordance with Article 58 of the African Charter.
Procedure
16.
On 4th October 2013, the Secretariat received the Complaint and acknowledged receipt
of the same on 9th October 2013.
17.
On 22nd October to 5th November 2013, during its 54th Ordinary Session, the
Commission considered the Communication and decided to be seized of it.
18.
On 7th November 2013, both the Complainants and the Respondent State were informed
of the seizure decision by letter and Note VerbaLe,respectively.
19.
On 29th January 2014, the Secretariat received the Complainants' Submissions on the
Admissibility of the Communication, which was duly acknowledged and transmitted
to the Respondent State by Note Verbale dated 7th February 2014.
20.
On the same day, the Secretariat also received a letter from the Complainants requesting
for Oral Hearings. The Secretariat acknowledged receipt and informed the parties that
the request would be brought to the attention of the Bureau of the Commission by letter
dated 7th February 2014.
21.
On 11th April 2014, the Complainants were thereafter informed that the Bureau declined
their request for Oral Hearings as it did not meet the criteria set out under Rule 99 of
the Rules of Procedure of the Commission.
22.
On 1st April 2014, a follow-up letter and Note Verbale were transmitted to the parties
following the 15th Extra-Ordinary Session of the Commission, held in Banjul, The
Gambia, from 7th to 14th March 2014.
23.
On 15th April 2014, the Secretariat received the observations of the Respondent State on
the Admissibility Submissions of the Complainants, which was duly acknowledged and
transmitted to the Complainants for their comments by letter dated 17th April 2014.
24.
On 30th May 2014, the Secretariat received the Complainants' Response to the
Submissions of the Respondent State on the Admissibility of the Communication, which
was duly acknowledged and transmitted to the State by Note Verba le dated 30th May
2014.
25.
On 2nd July 2014, the Secretariat requested the Complainants to furnish the Commission
with translated copies of some of the Annexes to their Submissions or a translated
summary of the Annexes in an AU working language.
26.
On 7th July 2014, the Complainants forwarded translated summaries of the Annexes by
email and the Secretariat acknowledged receipt by letter dated 10th July 2014.
27.
On 30th July 2014, the Secretariat informed the Parties that consideration of the
Communication was deferred to a later Session by letter and Note Verbale.
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