acknowledged receipt thereof ACHPR/COMM/355/07/827/13. on 9 July 2013 by Letter Ref: 48. During the 54th Ordinary Session held from 22 October to 5 November 2013 the Commission deferred adoption of a decision on the merits due to time constraints and the parties were notified by Note Verbale and Letter Refs: ACHPR/COMM/355/07/1386/13 and ACHPR/COMM/355/07/1385/13 dated 21 November 2013. 49. The Commission further deferred its decision on the merits during the 55 th Ordinary Session held from 28 April to 11 May 2014 and the parties were informed respectively by Note Verbale and Letter Refs: ACHPR/COMM/355/07/1046/14 and ACHPR/COMM/355/07/1045/14 evenly dated 5 June 2014. 50. On 6 June 2014 the Secretariat received notification that INTERIGHTS, one of the Complainants’ Representatives ceased operations at the end of May 2014 and therefore was no longer co-representing the Complainants. 51. During the present 16th Extraordinary Session, the Commission considers the Communication and adopts its decision on the merits. THE LAW ADMISSIBILITY Summary of the parties’ positions A. Complainants’ Submissions on Admissibility 52. The Complainants submit that they have satisfied all the conditions for admissibility under Article 56 of the African Charter. They submit that they have been identified and their relevant details provided to the Commission, along with the details of the individuals and organizations representing them. 53. They further aver that, the Communication is compatible with the Constitutive Act of the AU and the African Charter for it concerns violations of rights incorporated under the later which has been ratified by the Respondent State. 54. Furthermore, the Complainants aver that the Communication is presented in a polite and respectful language, and is based on information provided by the applicants not media reports. 7