xii Develop a programme that ensures that people in the rural areas have access to a notary; xiii Develop a sensitisation programme for the population on the use of the provisions of the Family code which ensure equal share of inheritance between legitimate children and children born out of wedlock." - 17 ln the Response to the Application, the Respondent State raises two preliminary objections; one, on the Court's jurisdiction and, the other, on the admissibility of the Application on the ground that it was not filed within a reasonable timeframe, in accordance with Article 6 of the protocol. The Respondent State prays the Court to: " i. Examine the objections raised; ii. Declare that it does not have jurisdiction given that the Applicants, claims relate more to the sensitisation, popularisation and harmonisation of national laws with the African charter on Human and Peoples' Rights rather than to the issue of application and interpretation of the charter and other conventions which exist neither technically nor in reality, and have never been proven in the judicial practice of Mali; iii. Declare the Application inadmissibre for having not been submitted within a reasonable timeframe.,, 18. V. 19 As regards the merits of the case, the Respondent state prays the court to dismiss outright the Application as being baseless. JURISDICTION In terms of Rule 39(1) of its Rules, "the court shall conduct prelimi examination of its jurisd iction. 4 6 I