Procedure
3.
The application was received at the Registry of the Court on 13
March 2011 by electronic mail and notified to the Respondent, and other
entities under Rule 35 of the Rules of Court, by separate letters of 17
June, 2011.
4.
As the Applicant had indicated in his application that he had
submitted his complaint to the African Commission on Human and
Peoples' Rights ("the Commission") and that he has withdrawn it, the
Registry, by letter of 28 March, 2011, inquired from the Commission, in
conformity with Rule 29(6) of its Rules, whether the matter had been
formally withdrawn , and by letter of 19 May, 2011 , the Commission
confirmed that it is so.
5. The Applicant also requested by letter dated 10 May 201 1, that the then
Acting Registrar and Justice Tambala, a national of Malawi, be excluded
from the proceedings, and dur~i ng its 21st Ordinary Session held from 617 June, 2011, the Court noted that Justice Tambala has already
recused himself and that in accordance with Article 22 of the Protocol,
he would not hear the matter. It also noted that the Acting Registrar
would in any case not participate in the deliberations of the Court as he
is not one of the Judges. By a letter of 8 July, 2011, the Registrar
informed the Applicant accordingly.
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