reporting cases of sexual abuse, especially in cases where the perpetrators are unknown. Even when the perpetrators are known, the Complainants allege that proper investigation is not carried out to prosecute them. 8. The Communication finally alleges that girls in the Respondent State are deprived of access to sexual reproductive health information and services to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Pregnant girls are not provided with pregnancy-related services such as information on family planning and transmittable diseases. The Complainants allege that lack of information and services on sexual reproductive health issues has resulted in a high rate of teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortion, as well as a disproportionate risk of teenage pregnant girls’ death in the Respondent State. The number of adolescent girls who fall pregnant is higher among those with lower education, lower income and girls in rural areas. The Complainants claim that there is a lack of comprehensive sexual education in schools as sexuality education mainly focuses on abstinence and is provided at the secondary education level, where girls are already sexually active. In addition, girls are not provided with any sexual reproductive health services or information during mandatory pregnancy testing, such as contraception options or prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. The sexual reproductive health services available in the Respondent State are not youth-friendly; hence, girls are not encouraged to access such services even when available. The Communication submits that lack of information and services on sexual reproductive health results in unwanted and unplanned pregnancy of girls who are then forced to leave their education due to pregnancy. It is also increasing the number of unsafe abortions among adolescent girls, which is also exacerbated by the restrictive abortion law of the Respondent State. III. The Committee’s analysis of admissibility 9. The Committee’s analysis of the admissibility of a Communication is guided by article 44 of the Charter and the Revised Communication Guidelines. According to article 44 of the Charter and Section I (1) of the Revised Communication Guidelines, nongovernmental organisations legally recognized by one or more of the Member States of the African Union or State Party to the Charter or the United Nations, among others, can submit a Communication before the Committee. The Committee notes that LHRC is a non-governmental organisation registered in Tanzania and holds an observer status before the Committee since March 2019; similarly, the Center for Reproductive Rights is an international non-governmental organisation which has a regional office in Nairobi and has an observer status before the Committee since November 2018. Considering that the Complainants fulfil the requirement to access the Committee as they are registered in Member States of the African Union and noting that their application is filed on behalf of pregnant and married schoolgirls, the Committee accepts the standing of the Complainants to submit the case. 10. The Committee, in analysing the admissibility of the Communication, assesses whether the conditions of admissibility provided under Section IX (1) of the Communications Guidelines are fulfilled. After considering the argument of the Complainants and the Respondent State, the Committee has identified three JN 5