20. The Third Complainants (SALC) sent a letter on 10 December 2018 requesting an update on the status of the matter. On 11 January 2019, the Secretariat responded to the above request informing the Complainant that the Commission would consider the Communication during its 25 th ExtraOrdinary Session. : 21. Consideration of the Admissibility of the Communication was subsequently deferred until the present 27 th Extra-Ordinary Session of the Commission. 22. The Commission considered and adopted a decision that the Communication admissible at the 27th Extra-Ordinary Session of the Commission, held in Banjul, the Republic of the Gambia, from 19 February - 4 March 2020. The parties were informed of the Commission's decision by letter and Note Ver bale dated 8 April 2020. ' · 23. On 5 June 2020 the Secretariat rec~ived the Complainants' submission on the merits, which were:transmitted<to the Respondent State on 1'7June 2020. 24. By correspondence dated 10 September 2020, the Complainant's Merits submissions were further transmitted to .the to the RespondentState, who were given until 9 November 2020 to make submis~ions on Merits. 25. By further Note Verbale dated 4 December 202.Q, the Respondent state was informed that the deadline for its suhniissions' · on Merits expired on 9 November 2020. 26. The Commissipn , deferred consid~ration of this Communication at 31st Extraordinary Session, held virtual}y from 19 to 25 February 2021. 27. The Commission deferred consideration of this Communication at the 68 th .,• Ordinary Session, held from 14 April to 4 May 2021; the 69 th Ordinary Session held from 15 November fo 5 December 2021; the 70th Ordinary Session held virtually from 23 February to 9 March 2022; the 71 st Ordinary Session held from 21 April to 13 May 2022; the 72nd Ordinary Session held from 19 July to 2nd August 2022; the 73rd Ordinary Session held in Banjul, The Gambia from 20 October to 9 November 2022; the 74th Ordinary Session held virtually from 21 February to 7 March 2023; the 75th Ordinary Session held in Banjul, The Gambia from 3rd to 23rd May 2023; The 76 th Ordinary Session held virtually from 19 July to 2 August 2023 and the 77 th Ordinary Session held in Arusha, Tanzania from the 20 th of October to 9 November 2023. •~~~~~ /.-&-:"' </:-~o~~ -;~{c- 51:.CR0,:;;,1 & ((!-~~~\ ~~\ , · THE LAW ON ADMISSIBILITY •·tv {J i1 I,.~ d_ () 0 ~ -g. '{h <'$.; ~"l l 1vt ~] ) · ~ ' AU-UA V ~ iJ ,f.' !i 'J~ '~ ;:- • I 1 :,,'f 1 ,o'1:' " Q~,,,~::CAINf:.<J'i:: s,":> l:li:S~;;,. --~ pg. 4