TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................. I I. THE PARTIES ..................................................................................................... 2 II. SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION ...................................................................... 3 A. Facts of the matter ............................................................................................... 3 B. Alleged violations ................................................................................................. 4 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT ............................ 5 IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES .......................................................................... 7 V. JURISDICTION .................................................................................................... 8 A. Objections to the jurisdiction of the Court............................................................. 8 i. Objections to material jurisdiction ..................................................................... 9 ii. Objection to the Court’s territorial jurisdiction.................................................. 32 B. Other aspects of jurisdiction ............................................................................... 41 VI. ADMISSIBILITY .............................................................................................. 42 A. Objections to admissibility based on conditions not provided for in the Charter. 43 i. Objection based on alleged non-compliance with the preliminary non-judicial procedures required by the Great Lakes Pact ....................................................... 43 ii. Objection based on alleged non-compliance with the preliminary non-judicial procedure required by the Constitutive Act ........................................................... 46 iii. Objection to admission based on abuse of process .................................... 48 B. Objections to admissibility based on requirements provided for in the Charter .. 55 i. Objection alleging the incompatibility of the Application with the Constitutive Act of the AU ......................................................................................................... 56 ii. Objection alleging that the Application is based on news disseminated by the mass media ........................................................................................................... 60 iii. Objection alleging non-exhaustion of local remedies................................... 63 iv. Objection alleging that the Application concerns cases that have been settled in accordance with either the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or the Constitutive Act or the provisions of the Charter ................................................... 76 VII. OPERATIVE PART......................................................................................... 84 i