23. The Applicant's Supplementary Submissions on Admissibility and the Merits were filed on 11 December 2013 and were served on the Respondent by a notice dated 12 December 2013, granting the latter sixty (60) days to respond thereto. 24. By a notice dated 21 January 2014, the Parties were informed that the Public Hearing on preliminary objections and the merits would be held on 13 and 14 March 2014. 25.By a letter dated 17 February 2014 , pursuant to Rule 50 of the Rules , the Respondent applied for leave to file arguments and evidence on the merits of the case, requesting to be granted a 5-month extension of time to do so . By a letter dated 4 March, 2014 , the Respondent was informed that the said leave had been granted and was directed to file its submissions within 60 days . 26. On 12 May 2014, the Respondent filed the additional submissions on the Merits which were served on the Applicant by a letter dated 15 May 2014, and inviting the Applicant to file any observations thereon within 30 days of receipt of the letter. On 30 June 2014, the Applicant filed its Reply to the Respondent's additional submissions on the Merits. 27.0n 24 September 2014 , in response to the Application made on 23 January 2013, the Registry wrote a letter to Ms. Lucy Claridge, Head of Law, MRGI, informing her that the Court has granted her leave to intervene . 28. During its 35 1h Ordinary Session , held from 24 November -5 December 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , the Court held a public hearing on 27 and 28 November 2014. All Parties represented , and their witnesses appeared , as follows : were