the Commission considers that these factors meet the requirements for derogation from exhausting local remedies provided for in Article 56(5) of the African Charter. 55. Concerning Article 56(6) of the African Charter, which provides that communications should be submitted within a reasonable period from the time local remedies are exhausted or from the date the Commission is seized of the matter, the Commission notes that the timeliness requirement of Article 56(6) of the Charter is dependent on the exhaustion of local remedies provided for in Article 56(5) of the African Charter.?' Given that the Communication falls within the scope of the derogation relating to the principle of exhausting local remedies, the requirement to respect time limits is also considered to fall within the scope of this derogation. Decision of the African Commission on Admissibility 56. For the above reasons, the Commission declares the Communication admissible in accordance with Article 56 of the African Charter. On the Merits Complainant's Submissions on the Merits Violation of the right to life 57. The Complainants contend that the failure of the Nigerian government to reduce the high levels of preventable maternal deaths and injuries constitutes a violation of the right to life under Article 4 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Charter) and Article 4 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) . .~- 58. 21 Communication 322/2006: Tsatu Tsikata v. Ghana (2006) ACHPR para. 37. ;, 10