ACHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples' Ri~Jhts Hurnan Rig hts our Collective Responsibility 28 . On the 16th of May 2024, the Respondent State wrote the Secretariat requesting for an oral hearing to explain their insistence on only submitting on the merits after the Commission has rendered a decision on the merits. 29. The Secretariat wrote back the Complainants informing them that the Commisison had decided against an oral hearing for their Communication. PRAYERS 30 . The Complainant has requested the Commission for the following remedies:- A. That it is declared that the Respondent violated the Complainant's rights under Articles 1, 16(1) and 16(2) of the African Charter on Human and People 's Rights ("the Charter'J. B. That the Respondent is ordered to pay compensation in the amount of $300 000 (Three Hundred Thousand US Dollars) to the Complainant within six (6) months from the date of this Order. C. Further orders as the Commission deems fit to grant in the circumstances. ADMISSIBILITY THE SUBMISSIONS FROM THE COMPLAINANT ON ADMISSIBILITY 31 . The Complainant submits that this Communication should be declared admissible as it meets all the requirements in Article 56 of the Charter. He argues that the Communication is compliant with Article 56(1) as it discloses the identity of the Complainant. 2 32. Regarding Article 56(2) of the Charter, the Complainant avers that the Communication is compliant with the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU) and the Charter as it raises human rights which fall within the Charter.3 33. The Complainant submits that the violations in the present Communication and the allegations therein do not contain disparaging or insulting language and thus satisfy the requirements of Article 56(3) of the Charter. 4 ~~uMAN 4 -v .. O O 34. Regarding conformity with Article 56( 4) of the Charter, the C ~ ~ f i t?~ nt ~ s that the allegations presented in the present Communicatio fr.e t~. . se on<l" _~ews ., ~ 2 Complainant's Observations on Adm issibility and Merits, para 6 &7. 3 Complainant's Observations on Admissibility and Merits, para 8 & 9 4 Complainants Observation on Ad missibility and Merits, para 10 & 11 41 Page I <t ~ <J ! ~ 0 O {~ .\ ......~ ~ ,t,. U-UA ~\\."A ~u'5'10 - - '-: ~ t r! :r - .... o "' "l 'v'<,. ~ , ( 'ft. i'v 4..-RICP.I~~ ~.;;,<?." . o,\j....,E ET oE'=>~ l.t~·Jk African(, ;\ Union\ , The African Commissi on on Hum eoples' Rights 31 Bijilo Annex Layout, Kombo North District, West Coast Region Gambia Phone: (220) 230 4361 Fax: (220) 441 05 04 Fm:=-i l · :::1, 1-h~nil ll/n);:::tfrir.~-1 ininn nrn