18. The Secretariat received the Complaint on 21 November 2017 and acknowledged receipt
of the same on 23 November 2017.
19. The Commission decided to be seized of the Communication in the inter-session on 29
November 2017 and granted provisional measures in accordance with Rule 98(4) of its
Rules
of Procedure.
informed
of
this
By
letter
decision
and
and
Note
the
Verbale
of
Complainant
the
was
same
date,
requested
the
to
Parties
submit
were
on
the
admissibility of the Communication within two (2) months.
20. The Respondent State in a Note Verbale of 18 December 2017 indicated that they cannot
implement
the
request
for
provisional
measures,
as
not
enough
information
was
provided in the request. In addition, the State raised challenges as to the locus standi of
the Complainant.
21. In
a
Jetter
of
02
January
2018
the
Complainant informed
the
Commission
that
the
Respondent State had breached tlie request for provisional measures by executing four
Victims named in this Communication.t The Secretariat by letter dated 18 January 2018
indicated that this matter would be brought to the attention of the Commission.
22. On
25
January
2018
the
Gomplainant
requested
for
an
extension
to
submit
on
the
admissibility of the Communication, and the Complainant was informed by Jetter of 01
February 2018 that the Communic
tion would be tabled before the Commission at its
next Session. Bx Note Verbale of 07 Rebruary 2018 the Respondent State was informed
that-the matters raised in its Note Verbale of 18 December 2018 would be tabled before
the Commission for consideration.
23. The Complainant's submissions on admissibility were received at the Secretariat on 30
January 2018.
24. The Commission considered the challenge raised by the Respondent State during its 23rd
Extraordinary Session, held from 13 to 22 February 2018, and decided to request both
Parties to submit on locus stnndi in their admissibility submissions. This decision was
transmitted to the Parties on 14 March 2018, in which the Commission also granted the
Complainant an additional thirty (30) days within which to submit on admissibility. The
same
correspondences
justification
for
the
also
informed
the
non-implementation
Parties
of
that
the
the
Respondent State
provisional
measures,
had
and
no
the
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