0oqs38 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS...... ....................i L THE PART|ES.... ....................2 il. SUBJECT OF THE APP1|CAT|ON................. ...............2 A. Facts of the matter .................2 B. Alleged violations ...................3 III. SUMMARY OF PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT....... ..,..,.........3 IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES.... ............,...4 v. JUR|SD|CTION.............. ........5 A. Objections to jurisdiction.................. ...........5 i. Objection on the Second and Fifth Applicants' lack of standing before the Court TABLE OF 6 ii. B. Objection that the Application fails to disclose a prima facle case... ...................2 Other aspects of jurisdiction............... ........8 vt. ADMtsstBtltry.............. A. ........9 Conditions of admissibility in contention between the Parties ..........10 i. Objection relating to non-disclosure of the Applicant's identities......................10 ii. Objection relating to incompatibility with the Constitutive Act of the African Union.......... .........11 iii. Objection relating to the use of disparaging and insulting language.. ...............12 iv. Objection relating to exhaustion of local remedies..... ...................14 B. Conditions of admissibility that are not in contention between the Parties...........18 vil. MER|TS...... A. ......19 Allegation relating to revocation of the Applicants'passports...............................19 i. ii. Was the revocation of the Applicants' passports arbitrary? ..........20 Was the revocation of the Applicants' passports tantamount to arbitrary deprivation of their ..................22 B. nationality?.. Allegation of violation of rights relating to the arbitrary revocation of passports ...23 Allegation relating to the Applicants being rendered stateless..... .....................24 i. ii. Allegation relating to violation of the right to freedom of movemen1..................24 iii. Allegation relating to violation of the right to political participation ....................28 iv. Alfegation relating to violation of the right to liberty...... .................26