15. On 6 March 2012, the Complainant was informed of the decisions of the Commission to be seized of the Communication "with respect to the fourteen (14) named States only"8 , and not to refer the same to the Court. The Complainant was further invited to submit his arguments on the Admissibility of the Communication against the fourteen (14) states before the Commission. On 13 March 2012, Notes Verbale were sent to all the fourteen (14) Respondent States, informing them about the Complaint and attaching the same. 16. Between 18 April 2012 and 14 May 2012, the Complainant submitted its arguments on the Admissibility of the Communication in the official languages of all the Respondent States, and these were transmitted by the Secretariat to all the Respondent States, by Notes Verbale dated 18 May 2012. 17. On15 July 2012, Botswana wrote to the Secretariat to request for a three (3) months extension period to make its submissions on Admissibility and the Commission granted a one (1) month extension period only. 18. On24 July 2012, the Secretariat received Tanzania's arguments on Admissibility and forwarded the same to the Complainant on 3 August 2012. 19. On 25 July, 2012, the Secretariat received a request from Mauritius for a one (1) month extension period to make its submissions on Admissibility, and this was granted by the Commission. 20. By a Note Verbale dated 18 July 2012, Seychelles reacted to the Complainant's Admissibility submissions and the same was transmitted to the Complainant. 21. On 03 September, 2012, the Complainants sent supplementary submissions on Admissibility further to the Government of Tanzania's submission on Admissibility. 22. At its 52nd Ordinary Session, held in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, from 9 to 22 October, 2012, the Commission considered the Admissibility of the Communication and declared the same admissible. 23. On 16 November, 2012, the Secretariat informed the Complainant and the Respondent States, respectively, of the decision on Admissibility, and the Complainant was requested to forward his arguments on the Merits within sixty (60) days of notification, in accordance with Rule 108 (1) of the Commission's Rules of Procedure. 24. Between 24 December 2012 and 16 January 2013, the Secretariat received the Complainant's submissions on the Merits of the Communication with amended prayers, which was duly acknowledged and transmitted to the Respondent States on 22 January 2013. The States were also requested to forward their written submissions on the Merits and/or observations on the Complainant's submission within sixty (60) days of notification, in accordance with Rule 108 (1) of the Commission's Rules of Procedure. 25. On 18 February 2013, South Africa requested for a three (3) months extension of the deadline for making its submissions on the Merits, in response to which the Commission granted a one (1) month extension of time, in line with Rule 113(2) of its Rules of Procedure. Notice of the extension of time was provided to both South Africa and the Complainant on 19 February, 2013. 26. On 28 February 2013 and 11 March 2013, Mauritius informed the Secretariat that it only received the latter's Note Verbale transmitting the Complainant's submissions on the Merits on 28 February, 2013, and therefore requested for an extension of the deadline for its submission on the Merit. 27. On 11 March 2013, the Commission informed Mauritius that it would, in line with Rule 108 (1) of its Rules of Procedure, compute the deadline for submission on the Merits by Mauritius from the actual date on which it received the Complainant's submission on the Merits, and that the issue of extension of deadline did as suggested by Mauritius, did not, in fact, arise. Notice of this decision was also provided to the Complainant by letter of the same date. 28. In response to a request from Tanzania, on 29 April 2013, the Secretariat forwarded the decision on Admissibility to Tanzania; informed the latter that the Complainant had filed submissions on the Merits of the Communication and attached copies of its earlier Note Verbale and transmittal note forwarding the said submission to Tanzania. Tanzania was reminded that in line with the Commission's Rules of Procedure, the deadline stipulated for it to forward its written submissions on Merits to the Secretariat had expired. 29. On 29 April 2013, the Secretariat received the submissions on the Merits of the Communication from Mauritius, which was duly acknowledged and transmitted to te Complainant on the same date. 30. Between 4 June and 10 June 2013, the Secretariat received the Complainant's response to the submissions on the Merits by Mauritius, in line with Rule 108 (2) of the Commission's Rules of Procedure. 31. On 12 June 2013, Mauritius requested for the text of the Admissibility decision, which was transmitted by the Commission on 25 June 2013. 32. On 20 June 2013, South Africa informed the Commission that it would not be making any submission on the Merits of the Communication, and will abide by the decision of the Commission on the 3