30. In accordance with rule 50(1) of the Rules of Procedure, “the Court shall ascertain the admissibility of an application filed before it in accordance with Article 56 of the Charter, Article 6 (2) of the Protocol and these Rules.” 31. Furthermore, Rule 50(2) of the Rules of Court, which in essence restates the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter, provides: Applications filed before the Court shall comply with the following conditions: a. Indicate their authors, even if the latter Application anonymity; b. Are compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and with the Charter; c. Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed against the State concerned and its institutions or to the African Union; d. Are not based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media; e. Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged; f. Are submitted within a reasonable period of time from the date local remedies were exhausted or from the date set by the court as being the commencement of the time limit within which it shall be seised with the matter; and g. Do not deal with matters which have been settled by the States involved, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union or the provisions of the Charter. 32. The Court notes that the Respondent State raises two objections to admissibility, based on non-exhaustion of local remedies and failure to file the application within a reasonable time. The Court will rule on these objections before examining other conditions of admissibility, if necessary. 9