VII. COSTS 43. The Applicant prays that the Respondent State be ordered to pay costs. 44. The Respondent State did not submit on costs. *** 45. Under Article 32(2) of the Rules, “[u]nless otherwise decided by the Court, each party shall bear its own costs, if any”. 46. The Court notes that nothing in the circumstances of the instant case warrants a departure from this provision. 47. Consequently, the Court orders that each party shall bear its own costs. VIII. OPERATIVE PART 48. For these reasons; THE COURT, Unanimously, On jurisdiction i. Declares that it has jurisdiction. On admissibility ii. Upholds the objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies; iii. Declares the Application inadmissible. 13