000230 30.In view of the above considerations, the Court holds in conclusion that it has jurisdiction to hear the instant case. VI. ADMISSIBILITY OF THE APPLICATION 31 . ln terms of Article 6(2) of the Protocol, "the Court shall rule on the admissibility of cases taking into account the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter". 32.According to Rule 39(1) of its Rules, "the Court shall conduct preliminary examination of ... the admissibility of the Application in accordance with Articles 50 and 56 of the Charter, and Rule 40 of these Rules". 33. Pursuant to Rule 40 of the Rules which in substance restates the content of Article 56 of the Charter, " ....applications to the court shall comply with the following conditions: 1. disclose the identity of the Applicant, notwithstanding the latter's request for anonymity, 2. comply with the Constitutive Act of the Union and the Charter; 3. not contain any disparaging or insulting language; 4. not be based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media; 5. be filed after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged; 6. be filed within a reasonable 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 seized with the matter; and 7. not raise any matter or issues previously settled by the parties in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union". 34.The Court notes that, with regard to the admissibility of the Application, the Respondent State raises two preliminary objections concerning exhaustion of local remedies and the deadline for seizure of the Court. 9 S