0000,74 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROGEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 9. The Application was received at the Registry of the Court on 24 February 2017 and served on the Respondent State on 31 March 2017 wilh a request to the latter to file within (30) days a list of its representatives, and its response to the Application within sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of the notification pursuant to Rules 35(2Xa) and (4Xa) of the Rules of Court. 10. On I May 2017, the Registry received a letter from the Respondent State on the withdrawal of the declaration it made under Article 34(6) of the Protocol, and notifying the Registry that it would not participate in any proceedings before the Court. lt therefore requested the Court to desist from reporting any information on the cases concerning the Respondent State. 1 1. On 22 June 2O17,lhe Court replied to the above-mentioned Respondent State's letter noting that "as a judicial body and in accordance with the Protocol and the Rules, the Court shall communicate all the documents of the proceedings to the parties concerned. Accordingly, all the documents of the proceedings in matters related to Rwanda before this court must be served on the Respondent State, until the flnal decisions of those cases" . 12. On 30 June 2017,the Application was transmitted to the States Parties to the Protocol and to the Executive Council through the Chairperson of the African Union Commission in accordance with Rule 35(3) of the Rules. 13. On 25 July 2017, the Court initially granted the Respondent State forty-five (45) days extension to submit its Response. On 23 October 2017, the Court granted a second 4S-days extension, indicating that it would proceed with a judgment in default after the expiry of this extension if a Response was not submitted. 4 tl