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39. The Court recalls that under Rule 32(2) of its Rules,13 “Unless otherwise
decided by the Court, each party shall bear its own costs, if any”.
40. The Court considers that there is no reason to depart from the above provision.
41. It therefore decides that each Party should bear its own costs.
VIII. OPERATIVE PART
42.
For these reasons,
THE COURT,
Unanimously,
On jurisdiction
i.
Declares that it has jurisdiction.
On admissibility
ii.
Upholds the objection to admissibility based on non-exhaustion of local
remedies;
iii. Declares the Application inadmissible.
On costs
iv. Orders that each Party should bear its own costs.
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Rule 30(2) of the Rules, 2 June 2010.
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