hearing due to lack of travel documents. The Applicants did not propose a specific date that the hearing should be deferred to. 14. Following the Applicant's request for a deferral of the hearing , by a notice dated 20 November 2015 , the Parties were informed that the Court has decided to defer the Public Hearing. 15. On 12 December 2015, the Applicant's representative raised an objection to the deferral of the Public Hearing. The representative stated that this meant that the Application would be overtaken by events since the referendum with respect to which they sought orders would take place in a few days' time. 16. The Registry responded to the above mentioned communication from the Applicants' representative by a letter dated 29 December 2015, by chronicling the handling of the matter by the Court and emphasizing that the deferral of the public hearing was on the Applicants' request despite the Court having scheduled it due to the urgency of the situation. 17. The Applicants filed the Reply to the Response on 1 February 2016. On 5 February 2016, the Registry notified the Applicants that, since the Reply was filed out of time, they should seek the leave of Court for an extension of time to file the Reply. The Applicants sought this leave, by their notice received on 7 March 2016. The Court granted the leave and the Reply was served on the Respondent by a notice dated 14 July 2016. 18. By a letter dated 1 March 2016, received at the Registry of the Court on 2 March 2016, the Respondent notified the Court of its deposition of an instrument of withdrawal of its Declaration made under Article 34(6) of the Protocol with respect of Application No 00312014, lngabire Victore Umuhoza v Republic of Rwanda wherein the letter stated that: "The Republic of Rwanda requests that after deposition of the same, the Court suspends hearings involving the Republic of Rwanda, [including lngabire Victoire Umuhoza v Republic of Rwanda] , until review is made to the Declaration and the Court is notified in due course". ffl