98. The Commission has in its jurisprudence consistently reiterated the necessity of exhausting local remedies in order to enable Respondent States to address the allegations through their own judicial and administrative procedures, before being called before an international body. The Commission has held that "the generally accepted meaning of local remedies, which must be exhausted prior to any communication/ complaint procedure before the African Commission, are the ordinary remedies of common law that exist in jurisdictions and normally accessible to people seeking justice" and that "the internal remedy [to] which Article 56(5) refers entails remedy sought from courts of a judicial nature ... "36 99. The author of a Communication must have taken ·a matter to the highest available court of the land, which in this case is the Court of Appeal of the Respondent State, which is the body that can entertain appeals from the Constitutional Court. The verdict by the Court of Appeal upholding the constitutionality of Section 10 of the Chieftainship Act ended all judicial avenues at the Complainants' disposal. Since it is not in dispute that the Court of Appeal is the Respondent State's body of final jurisdiction, the Commission considers that there were no other re:r:nedies left to be exhausted. Consequently, the Commission holds that the local remedies were duly exhausted. 6. Submission within a reasonable period (Article 56(6)) 100. Further to Article 56 (6) which requires communications to be submitted within a reasonable period from the time local remedies are exhausted, this Communication was submitted within 5 months following the exhaustion of local remedies, which the Commission finds to be a reasonable period. 7. Other procedure of international settlement (Article 56(7)) 101. In accordance with Article 56 (7) of the African Charter, the Communication, as duly indicated by the Complainant, has not been submitted to, or settled by another regional or international complaints mechanism. 102. After carefully exammmg the information provided by the Complainant, the Commission is satisfied that all the requirements under Article 56 of the African Charter have been complied with. DECISION OF THE COM1\1ISSION ON ADMISSIBILITY 36 Communication 221/98 -Alfred B. Cudjoe vs. Ghana (1999} ACHPR, para 14.