e. Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged; f. Are submitted 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 g. Do not deal with cases which have been settled by those States involved in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or the Constitutive Act of African Union or the provisions of the Charter. 33. The Court notes that the Respondent State raises three objections to the admissibility of the Application. The Court will, therefore, consider first the said objections (A) and then examine other conditions of admissibility (B), as applicable. A. Objections to the admissibility of the Application 34. The Respondent State raises three objections to the admissibility of the Application. The first objection relates to the contention that similar applications are already pending before the ACERWC and the East African Court of Justice. The second objection relates to the requirement of exhaustion of local remedies and the third one concerns the question whether the Application was filed within a reasonable time. 35. Concerning the first objection, the Respondent State contends that a communication which raises similar allegations to the instant Application had been filed before the ACERWC, namely, Communication No: 0012/Com/001/2019 in the matter between Legal and Human Rights Centre and Centre for Reproductive Rights (on behalf of Tanzanian girls) against the United Republic of Tanzania. 36. The Respondent State submits that the communication before the ACERWC raises allegations with respect to the right to education and non- 11