Procedure
6. The Request was received at the Registryofthe Court on 28 March 2014.
7.
On 8 April2014, the Registrar wrote to the Executive Secretary of the African Commission
on Human and Peoples' Rights seeking confirmation whether the subject matter of the
Request was not related to a matter being examined by the Commission .
8. By letter dated 17 April 2014 , the Executive Secretary of the African Commission on
Human and Peoples' Rights confirmed that the subject matter of the Request was not
related to any matter before the Commission.
9. At its 33rd Ordinary Session, held from 28 May to 13 June, 2014, the Court examined the
present Request and noted that it did not comply with the requirements under Rule 68 of
the Rules of Court, and instructed the Registrar to notify the Authors accordingly.
10.By letter dated 30 June 2014, the Registrar notified the Authors of the Court's decision,
that is, to establish that the said Request meets the requirements under Rule 68 of the
Rules of Court, in particular, Rule 68(2) thereof which provides that :
Any request for advisory opinion shall specify the provisions of the Charter or of
any other international human rights instrument in respect of which the advisory
opinion is being sought, the circumstances giving rise to the request as well as the
names and addresses of the representatives of the entities making the request.
11.At its 34th Ordinary Session, held from 8 to 19 September, 2014, the Court noted that the
Authors had not responded to the Registrar's letter of 30 June 2014.
12.At its 36th Ordinary Session, held from 9 to 27 March 2015, the Court noted that the
Authors had still not responded to the Court's letter of 30 June 2014.
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