- 13A. Objection relating to the failure to identify the Respondent State
44. In its Response to the Application, the Respondent State submits that:
"Although the Applicant in his Application provided correct information on
himself (Lohe lssa Konate), as well as the names and addresses of the
persons designated as his representatives, however, in the case of the
Respondent, the information provided was neither specific nor correct.
In fact, the Respondent indicated that in the Application, mention was
made of the "People's Democratic Republic of Burkina Faso" which does
not refer to the State of Burkina Faso".
[ ... ]
"Burkina Faso therefore humbly prays the Court to note that the Party
mentioned in Lohe lssa Konate's Application (People's Democratic
Republic of Burkina Faso) does not refer to it.
Moreover, it has no
capacity to appear as Respondent in this Application filed against The
People's Democratic Republic of Burkina Faso".
45.
In his Reply dated 18 November 2013, the Applicant concedes that an error had
been made in writing out the name of Burkina Faso on the cover page, as well as on
pages 2 and 7 of the Application, and apologized for the typographical error as follows:
"The Applicant concedes that an error was made in writing out the
name of the Respondent State on the cover page as well as on
pages 2 and 7. The Applicant regrets having made that error and
apologizes for any inconvenience it might have caused though he
also contends that, that error cannot be equated to a "failure to
identify the Respondent State". Except for the pages mentioned,
the
Respondent
State
is
properly
identified
throughout the
Application as "Burkina Faso", which (as stated on several
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