(iCHPr) 6~!jsEB cmrrr- • Human and Peoples' Rights Human Rights our Collective Responsibility increasing number of Nuba women and girls were raped while fleeing their homes in Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan," 48. Considering that the Complainants raised a preliminary objection that any submissions by the Respondent State on admissibility falling outside the time frames established by the Rules of Procedure should not be entertained, the Commission notes that as a matter of due diligence, a party must be expected to raise issues of a technical nature such as illegibility following receipt of a submission, well within the applicable time period. Accepting such argument after the expiry of the time limit would result in an unmerited substantial extension of the time limit and would allow parties to employ them as delaying tactics. The Commission's Analysis on Admissibility 49. Having established that the African Commission is competent to entertain the Communication before it, the African Commission will now proceed to analyse Admissibility of the Communication. 50. Article 56 of the African Charter sets out seven requirements that a Communication brought under Article 55 of the African Charter must satisfy in order to be admissible, which apply conjunctively and cumulatively." 51. In the present Communication, the Respondent State has not made any submissions. Under such circumstances, as the jurisprudence of the Commission dictates in the case of the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa v Republic of Angola,10 "in the face of the state's failure to address itself to the complaint filed against it, the African Commission has no option but to proceed with its consideration of the Communication in accordance with its Rules of Procedure." In the same decision, the African Commission re-affirmed its position by ruling that" ... it would proceed to consider Communications on the basis of the submission of the Complainants and information at its disposal, even if the State fails to submit."ll Consequently, the Commission will rely on the