Commission on Admissibility. The Complainants were requested to make submissions on the Merits within 60 days of the notification. 25. On 27 August 2021, the Complainants requested an extension of time to make submissions on the Merits, which the Commission granted, and the Complainants and Respondent State were informed by letter and Note Verbale of 6 September 2021. 26. On 25 January 2022, the Respondent State made its submissions on Merits, and the Secretariat acknowledged receipt and transmitted it to the Complainants by letter of 10 November 2022. 27. On January 15, 2023, one of the Complainants, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, sent observations on the Respondent State’s submissions on the Merits. On the same date, the Complainant mentioned above informed the Secretariat of the status of the named Complainant, the Ethiopian Human Rights Project, indicating that the latter decided to officially dissolve the organization for reasons unrelated to the present Communication. Thus, it is no longer constituted to serve in any legal capacity. 28. Based on the above, the title of the Communication was again amended to Communication 599/16- Ethiopian Electorate (represented by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa) v the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. 29. By letter of 13 April 2023, the Secretariat acknowledged receipt of the Complainants’ observations on the Respondent State’s Merits submissions and the correspondence relating to the status of the Ethiopian Human Rights Project. 30. By Note Verbale of 13 April 2023, the Respondent State was informed accordingly. 31. The decision on the Merits was deferred at the 75th and 76th Ordinary Sessions of the Commission. The Law on Admissibility Complainant’s Submissions on Admissibility 32. The Complainants assert that the Communication satisfies all the Admissibility requirements of Article 56 of the Charter. ~4~ African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 31 Bijilo Annex Layout, Kombo North District, West Coast Region, The Gambia, Phone: (220) 230 4361 Fax: (220) 441 05 04 Email: au-banjul@africa-union.org https:/achpr.au.int/