23. The Commission is of the view lhat whether the Complainant wishes to continue with a given case before the Commission is an important, albeit not the sole consideration Commission should Complainant for in determining continue or seeking to be closed. withdraw whether a The reasons the case before provided Communication is the by the twofold, firstly because the Victim had been released by the authorities, as per the first prayer of the Complainant, and secondly because the family's lawyer had been arrested, making it difficult to obtain documents. 24. Given that the Communication is currently still at the level of admissibility, the Commission foresees that the difficulty in accessing documents, because of the arrest of the lawyer, would be a serious impediment for the Complainant in building a case on the merits. The Commission would also not be able to make a determination submissions by the Complainant. on the In addition, merits in the absence of the Commission considers the release of the Victim as the primary prayer of the Complainant, with the fourth prayer being premised on the former, and the other prayers being of a more general nature, and not specific to the Victim in the present case. 25. for these reasons, the Corrunission decides to grant the request for withdrawal. Decision of the African Commission 26. Based on the above, the Conunission declares the Communication closed. Done in Banjul, The Gambia during the 241h Extra-Ordinary Session held from 30 July to 08 August 2018 •• ' .,-- . -,� (��·]) .Al u:) "" t · /