harm to Mr. Ping, until his case had been heard by the Commission. Due to technical difficulties it was experiencing in transmitting the request for Provisional Measures by fax to the Office of the President of the Republic of Botswana, a scanned copy of the request for Provisional Measures was attached to the letter sent to the Complainants with a request to forward it to the Office of the President of Botswana. However, before the transmittal happened, the Secretariat of the Commission was regretfully informed by the Complainants through telephone that the victim had been executed that morning of 1 April 2006. On 4 April 2006, the Secretariat of the Commission received an email from the Complainants confirming the execution of the victim by the Government of Botswana on the Morning of Saturday 1 April 2006. The Law on Admissibility The Complainants’ Submissions on Admissibility 25. In accordance with Article 56 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Charter) read with Rule 103 of the old Rules of Procedure of the Commission, the Complainants submit that all of the criteria for the admissibility of this Communication have been satisfied as follows: a. The Complainants have been identified and their relevant details provided to the Commission; b. The Communication is compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and with the Charter; c. The Communication is presented in polite and respectful language, and is based on information provided by the applicants and on a judgment of the Court of Appeal of Botswana; 8|P a g e

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