Fore1gn Minist er of
8. By anoth er letter dated 10 July 2013, addre ssed to the
ation to the
Burkina Faso, the Registrar forwarded a copy of the Applic
In the letter, the
Respo ndent, pursua nt to Rule 35 (2) of the Rules
of receipt of the
Respo ndent was asked to indicate, within thirty (30) days
as required under
Application . the names and addresses of its representatives
within sixty (60)
Rule 35 (4) of the Rules and to respond to the Application
days as required under Rule 37 of the Rules .
erson of the African
9. By letter dated 1o July 2013, addressed to the Chairp
the Execut1ve
Union Comm ission , the Registrar informed her and through her,
to the Protocol
Council of the African Un1on a'ld other States Parties
ol") of the filing of
establishing the Court (hereinafter referred to as "the Protoc
the Applic ation, pursua nt to Rule 35 (3) of the Rules .
the Emba ssy of
10. By Note Verba le dated 18 July 2013, addre ssed to the Court,
in Addis Ababa ,
Burkin a Faso and Perma nent Mission to the Afncan Union
in the preced ing
ackno wledg ed receip t of the Registrar's letter ment1oned
paragraph
Ill.
On the prima fa cie jurisd iction of the Court
the Court to Order
11 . As stated in parag raph 6 above , the Applic ant prays
provisional measu res.
it has JUrisdiction to
12 In consid enng an Applic ation, the Court must ensure that
hear the case , pursu ant to Articles 3 and 5 of the Protocol
13. Howe ver, before ordering
provisional
measures.
the Court need
not
of the case, but
conclusively satisfy Itself that it has jurisdi ction on the ments
;
simply needs to satisfy 1tself, prima facie, that it has jurisdiction
of the Court shall
14 Article 3 ( 1) of the Protocol provides that "the jurisdiction
the Interpretation
extend to all cases and disput es submitted to it concernmg
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