ACH PR ·~:CHP: (~ j' ~J)));( ~ 65. African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Human Rights our Collective Responsibility The final requirement for admissibility is that "Communications relating to human and Peoples' Rights ... shall be considered if they do not deal with cases which have been settled by the States involved in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or the Charter of the Organisation of African Unity or the provisions of the present Charter." In Sudan Human Rights Commission and Another v Sudan, the Commission held that a matter shall be considered settled if an international adjudicatory body with a human rights mandate or jurisdiction has made a decision on it and rendered the complaints res judicata. 27 .. 66. In the present matter, the Complainant submitted that the matter has not been settled by any other international dispute settlement mechanism and there is no evidence indicating that the matter has been settled by any other international adjudicatory body. Therefore, the Commission finds that the Communication has complied with Article 56(7) of the African Charter. Decision of the African Commission OJl Admissibiltry \!-:!B~_igth -.~ . :~,\~ 67. In view of the analysis above, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decides that: 1. 11. The Complainant has not complied with admissibility requirements of Article 56(5) and 56(6) of the African Charter. The Communication is inadmissible. Adopted at the 81s~;Ordinary Session of the Commission held in Banjul, The Gambia, 17 October to 06 November 2024. 27 Communication 279/03-296/05 27 May 2009, para 103.

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