(2010 Rules). Therefore, this communication, submitted in 2012, falls under the
2010 Rules of Procedure.
14.
Further to the foregoing, the Commission notes that Rule 105( 1) of the 2010 Rules
of Procedure provides that where the Commission declares a complaint admissible,
it shall request the complainant to submit observations and evidence on the
admissibility of the communication within two (2) months. Pursuant to Rule 113 of
the Rules of Procedure, the Commission may extend this period at the request of
any of the parties involved in the communication.
15.
In the present communication, the complainants did not submit the observations and
evidence on admissibility within the time limit, nor did they request an extension,
although they were alerted to this effect by the Secretariat by email on 29 January
2014 (see paragraph 9 of the present decision).
16.
The Commission notes, moreover, that the Complainants also had the opportunity
to request an extension of the deadline after the Secretariat informed them on two
occasions of a possible consideration 6(the co~uiunicatiOn with a view to its strike
out for failure to submit observations and e;;.tide, ~'On admissibility (see paragraphs
11 and 12 of this Decision).
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17. The Commission notes that, despite the prornptvaction of the Secretariat, the
Complainants h~ve never shown any inclination to cooperate in the conclusion of
the procedure to· obtain a decision on admissibility arid to allow the procedure to
proceed to the next stage.
18.
The Commission recalls that in similar situation, it had already ruled to this effect in
Communication 594/15: Mohammed Ramadan Mahmoud Fayad Allah v. Arab
Republic of Egypt; 612/16: Ahmed Mohammed Ali Subaie v. Arab Republic of
Egypt; 412/12:
Journal
Echos du Nord v. Republic
of Gabon; and
Communication 387/10: Kafi Yamagnane v. Togo.
19.
In view of the foregoing, the Commission rules that the complaint be strike out.
Adopted at the 73rd Ordinary Session of the Commission
Gambia, from 21 October to 09 November 2022