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African Commission on
Human and Peoples' Rights
Human Rights our
Collective Responsibility
pleaded urgency of the Complaint based on a fire accident that occurred at the
settlement which claimed two lives.
17. On 18 August 2009, the Secretariat acknowledged receipt of the request for oral
hearing and informed the Complainant~ that their Complaint would be tabled
before the 46th Ordinary Session of the <Commission for seizure, and only after
such determination on seizure that parti~s could be invited to make written and
oral submissions on the merits of the case. During its 46th Ordinary Session, the
Commission examined the Complaint and decided to be seized of the matter.
On 8 December 2009, the complainant~k were i~~r~e~,\ of the Commission's
seizure decision.
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18. On 23 February 2010, the Secretariat rece vecffi:~o,,(,Pla~ts'
submissions on
the admissibility of the Communi~i!;~
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Respondent State on 16 April 2010, f9 t<'" resp6~$t.
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19. On 16 June 2010, the Respond?~t Sta
nd th~'~~Complainqrl,!s,~ere informed
that the Communication had'~iPe~!~>\I~efe
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'1'i1e48th Ordi~J;1¥ Session of the
Commission in November 2010, p~~~.ing the <,.,:;,9,pondent
StatE?s submission on
admissibility. The Resp$~~dent State"·fh, .• I also rEt?!> ted to make its submission
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on admissibility befor~!'1!.8":4ugust2Q¥,,'.
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20. On 18 May 20J~::the"'~esp6
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tate an' "Jtf~~()mplainants
were informed
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Ordinary Sess~or to be held from 9 f'"
:",ctober 2012 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
due to the 'i;bn-submission of ,,,.th
espondent State's observations on
Aclm,!ssibility. Th.~"l\e,spondent St~te \vas also informed that the Commission
w011t~<\,,~~~~eed
.5~n~; ,O~9inarYI Session to take a. decision
on the
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the Communication based on the facts before It.
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21. On 28 \~e}2;o/20i; . .~<t;. Secretariat re-sent to the Respondent State the
Compla~rt~~t~' sub~~~fons, togeth~r w~th ~re:ious corres?o~~:nces·.fr~m the
Secretariat \w,lth a request to enter Its submission on admissibility WIthin two
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months of t~~~1'r9ateof the notifica~ior' On 1 Aug~st. 2012, the Secretariat
forwarded th~>almexures accompanymg the Communication to the Respondent
State. On 13' August, the Secretariat I received a further request from the
Respondent State for the annexures I to the Communication, which were
required for preparing its submission 0 admissibility.
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22. In November 2012, the Respondent SJate forwarded its First Sub:tP.issic;~',on
Admissibility, which was transmitted tp the Complainants. The etrll~ant~<"
forwarded their response on 28 Novemper 2012, which was also tr~s~~~CN:~
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the Respondent State on 30 November 2012.
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