aforementioned, the Court finds that it has jurisdiction ratione
personae.
Preliminary objections on admissibility
49.
The Respondent raises preliminary objections on admissibility
based on different components of the requirements of Article 56 of
the Charter. These are on incompatibility of the Application with the
Charter and the Constitutive Act of the African Union, on nonexhaustion of local remedies and in the alternative thereto, that the
Application has not been filed within a reasonable time from when
local remedies were exhausted.
I.
Incompatibility of the Application with the Charter and
the Constitutive Act of the African Union
50.
The Respondent contends that the Application does not
comply with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and the Charter
as it does not address issues compatible with the Charter or the
principles enshrined in the Charter of the Organisation of African
Unity and further, that no provisions of the African Charter have been
referenced in the Application.
51.
The Applicant avers that he has met the requirements of Article
56(2) of the Charter which stipulate that applications must be
compatible thereto. This is because, the Court has decided, in
Application Number 003/2012 Peter Joseph Chacha v The United
Republic of Tanzania that, so long as the rights alleged to have been
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