I.
SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION
1. By Application dated 18 October 2011 , which reached the Registry on 1
December 2011, Mr. Atabong Denis ATEMKENG, a Cameroonian
national (here-in-after referred to as "the Applicant") and staff member of
the African Union Commission brought the African Union (here-in- after
referred to as "the Respondent") before the African Court on Human and
Peoples' Rights (here-in-after referred to as "the Court") to obtain a
judgement stating that Article 34(6) of the Protocol which established an
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (here-in-after referred to
as the "Protocol"), is inconsistent with the Constitutive Act of the African
Union (here-in-after referred to as the "Constitutive Act") and the African
Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (here-in after referred to as "the
Charter") and that it should on those grounds be declared null and void .
II.
PROCEDURE
2. The Application was received at the Registry of the Court on 1
December 2011 and registered as Application 014/2011 .
3. By letter dated 5 January 2012, the Registrar acknowledged receipt of
the Application, pursuant to Rule 34(3) of the Rules.
4. Pursuant to Rule 5(1) of the Rules, the Registrar forwarded copies of the
letter to the President and to the other members of the Court.
5. Pursuant to Article 22 of the Protocol and Rule 8(2) of the Rules of
Court, (here-in-after referred to as "the Rules"), Judge Ben KIOKO,
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