,"H::~, ACHPR ,I) African Commission on Human Rights our Collective Responsibility Human and Peoples' Rights repercussions for bringing domestic action against the Respondent State. Citing a "Campaign for Reform of the World Bank" report, the Complainants claim that "no groups are talking publicly about the risks of the dams due to concerns of government persecution". 38. Further citing an Amnesty International Report, the Complainants argue that NGOs are unable to bring actions on behalf of the Victims because one of the effects of the Respondent State's Charities and Societies Proclamation is "entrench ... and institutionalise the climate of fear pervading the work of human rights defenders in Ethiopia". 39. The Complainants argue further that apart from the difficulties already pointed out, there appears to be no fora capable of providingeffectiye +~f!,I,'ess for a Victim J"'" in the Respondent State because "neither the Human Rights'Commission nor the courts are able to provide the Lower Omo peoples with an effective remedy". The Complainants contend that the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission lacks the power to provide effective redress while the courts are physically and financially inaccessible to the Lower Omo peoples. " '< L , ,., :.,,~. 40. While it concedes that the access to justice situation in the Respondent State has improved since 2004,the Complainant alleges that the Lower Omo communities, including individual members of those communities cannot afford a lawyer and no member of those communities is a qualified lawyer that can take up the case. 41. The Complainants argue further that the Lower Omo peoples are also prevented from exhausting local remedies because there is no procedure for bringing legal action relating to peoples' rights before courts of the Respondent State since only individual rights are accorded legal recognition. The Complainants allege further that even a representative action is not possible as organizations such as the Mursi Indigenous Community Association which could have brought such action have had their licences revoked without reasonable cause. Accordingly, the Complainants conclude that there are no adequate, effective and sufficient local remedies to be exhausted. An Orgall of the Afriqan ~~' . "Y...'~~ U ruon "'iI'''". 7 hllps:/achpr.au.int/O " a