3 13. The application was received at the Cou r1 Registry on 29 December 2008 and it was place d on the gene ral list as No. 001/2008. The applicatio n wa~ served on Senegal on 5 January 2009; and on the same day, lhc Chairperso n of the Afric an Union Commission was informed about the filing of the application and through him the Ext.:cutivc Council and the other Parties to the Protocol. 14. Thus, upon submiss ion, the application was subje ct to a number of proced ural acts including its registration on the gene ral list of the Cour e and its service on Senegal. 15. for their part, applications or communica tions addressed to tht: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 3• the defun ct European Commission of Hum an Rights", the Inter-American Commtssion of !Iuman Rights\ the Unite d Nations Human Right s CommitteC0 : The reg1stnuion of an application or communicAtion on the gem:rall 1s1 of a JUdicial or quusi-J u<Jiclul organ may be defined os un "aCt of recognition which establishes that such o Ct•mmw1icat1on is indeed 11 !lt:izure and. us of the dute of reccirt, 11ctualizes the imruducllOn of Lhe case", ITruns lation by t.1c: Rc:g1stry I Carlo Santulli, Droit du Ct)!l/t!t lltttt.\ mternuf/()na/, LGDJ-Montchrestien, Paris, 2005. p 400 l Rule 102 or lhe Rul.:s ol' Proced ure ol Lhe Afncan Commission. tl.\ ildopted on 6 Octobe r 19'15, IS wortled liS liiiiiii'I S "Pursuant to Lhese Rules of l'rocedure. the Secn:tury shulltr ansmil to the CommiSSIOn the commumca11ons $Ubm1t1ed l O htm for consid emlion by the Commission m nccordunce wi th the Charter 2. No communicatiOns concg nma a State which is not !! pam to Lhe Charter shall he recc1ved by Lhe Comm tsSion or placed m n hst under Ru le: I 03 ol rhe nresen! Rules" [emphus1s 11ddctl), see hrtp'//www .•lchDr.o rg/lrnnclliS /info/ru les fr.html (site: consultetl on 9 December 2009) When membe r <)tJh:~ •lf the Afncan Union had not all become parties to the A fncan Chaner, anti the Commission received u commumcat10n agurnst a State that Wt!S nolo party to the Charter, the Comm ission limited i~df to writ mg to the Applicant mfom1ing hinllhcr that it has no junsdiction to deal with Lhe communicauon. It did not serve Lhe communic<Jtion on Lhe Stutt! concerned, Evelyn 1\nkumah, The Ajrrca11 Commi ~'SIOn Q/1 1/umal/ and Puoplt! s Rights Pracltc:e and Procedures, Mrui1nus Nijhoff Puhllsh A ers. The Hague/London/Boston, 1996, p. 57 • "When un application is Rlecl by simple Ieber. even where such applicn llon is comple te, the prncuce of 1he Commi sSIOn IS to address Hn apphcallon form to the Applicant I he various points detai led m th1s form faci litule e rtective consideration the adrrussibility of the upplication The Apphcunt1s reques of ted to return thi5 form duly completed and accompnmetl with Lhe requisite an nexes. The answers to some of the points could mention tht: clements already con wined in Lh~ uppliculJOn. As o gent:rn l rule (except in case of emcrgeucy), 11 IS onlv allcr Lhe receiot of the duly completed rorm thllt the iloplicatjon is ~tc:red on the CommiSSIOn' s list and given a >cnal numb~tr [, , L II 15 s!nd tbnt the entry on the list transtonns a "peUtlon" into on llppliCllliun in t.t:m1s uf Artide 25 oJ U1e Conve ntion· (emphasb udded) Micht:l Melch1or, << La proced ure devunt Ia Comm1ss1on europcennt: des droits de l'Homme >> M1cht:l f\lelch10r (und others), /ntroduire un reco11rs a Strasbourg' Zauk Aanhcmgtg Makt!n te Srraasr.fburg 7 Nemesis EdiliOI1 Een 5, nrussd s, 1986, p.2-l. ' The jurisdiction of' Lhc Lnter-A merican Comm1ssion In n:ganlto communicatiOns trorn md1v1ouab now hes ns of ngh! tn reganl to all membe r States or the Organ1:tallon of Ameri cnn States 1rrespec uve of whether nr not they nre parues tu the American Conventic)n on Human 1\Jghts, see Rules 27, 49 .1nd 50 of' Lhc Rules of Procedure of the Commission IS a.m~;nded 10 July 2008, Rule 26 of the Rule~ hoWI:!v c:r provides fur l\.1 initial procedural swge !hut cun be equated to the stage ur I)Onsid erution or prJmafacre admissibility uf the appl i cu tio:~, It Is descnbcd by u.n author In Lhe following h:nn:; ''lhe CommiSSIOn receives the peutlo n und registers 11. In prucuce, It IS lhe responsibilil)' of the Executlve Secreta rial of Lhc Commission to nscertam whether thl: petitio n ls admiss ible pnma /one. ll so, it registen; Lhe petition und opens a file 1 1 If 1he correct formal has not been followed, (itJ may reques t the peuuoner to correct any defic1enc1es" Ludovic llcnne bel, L" Convenlion amerrcwne des droits dt' I 'hnmm t! - /vtecan rsmes de prorecuon !!I litendue d~t.r clrow r!l liberrJs. Bru)lla Bruxelles 1007, p. 163 nt, h The UN Secretary Ge neral maintru ns on a pcrmunent basis il regisle r of Lhe commumcau ons that he submil.!. tu Lhe Committ.:e , however, under no circurnstonce cun he doter in the: rcg1srcr a cornmumcatlon made agulns1 a State Lha1 IS nmu part) 10 !he Oplional Protocol to the lntemat.lonal Co Yen ant on CivU and Poliucal Rights, see Rules 8-1 and 85 of the Rules of Procedure of Lhe llumun R1ght5 Committee, Un ned Notions Doc, CCPR/C/3/Rev 7, 4 August 2004. see bup ~/www.unbchr,ch/Lb$/doc.nsf(Symbo i )/CC'PR.C.3 Rev 7.fr> Opcndocumc:nt (sue consulted on 9 December 1009} When he recc1ves such communtcation, lhe Secretary Genern llimats h1msel f 10 informing Its author Lhal the commumcutio be received owing to !he: fact Lhat the State agatnst whieh n con not It wa.~ institute~ is not o pany 10 1hc OrliM al Prnt<><:lll """'"fr ed l'ov.uK , 11 N Cowm am on Ct1•1/ and fl){flfC /l{ Rights CCPR Commenrary. 2nd Rev1sed Edition, N.P Engel Publish er. Kehl nm Rhr:m, 2005, pp.824-825. ~