oug h pres ente d by
38. The Cou rt note s, in this resp ect, that alth
an obje ctio n on the
Sen egal 1n its wnt ten stat eme nt of defe nce as
obje ctio n pert ains ,
grou nd of "ina dmi ssib llity ", its first prel imin ary
in real ity, to lack of juns dict ion by lhe Cou rt.
ence of Arti cle 34
39 The Cnu rl fur thcr note s Lhal the seco nd sent
receive any peti tion
(6) of Lhe Prot ocol prov ides that "it ::;hall not
ch has not mad e
und er 1\rud e S (:1) invo lv1n g a Stat e Part y whi
d). The \\Tord "rec eive " shou ld
SU{ h n decl arat ion" (en1 phas is adde
ning as refe rrin g to
nol how ever be und erst ood in its liter al mea
e as refe rring to
"phv s1ca lly rece ivin g' nor in its tech nica l sens
in ligh t of the lette r
"adm iRsi bilir y,.. It shou ld inst ead be inte rpre ted
, in part icul ar, in
and spir it of Rule 34 (6) in its enti rety and
g Lhe com pete nce of
rela tion to the exp ress ton "dec lara tion acce ptin
from indi vidu als or
the CoLlrt to rece ive apiJ llca twn s !em ana ting
prov ision . It is
NGO sl" cont a1nc cl in thC' first sent ence of this
the afor eme ntio ned
evid cn t from this read ing 1ha1 thr obje cliv e of
er whi ch the Cou rt
Ruk 3-1 (6) is to prcs cnb e Lhc con ditio ns und
requ irem ent U1at a
coul d hea r such case s: that is to say, the
con cern ed Stat e
spec ial dccl aral ion shou ld be depo sited by the
abse nce of such a
Part y, unci to set forth the con sequ ence s of the
dep osit by the S1rtle conc erne d .
il does not have
40. Sinc e the Cou rt has conc lude d thaL
it nece ssar y to
j urisd tc-tw n to hea r the case . it does not deem
exan 1inc Lhe quc·slio n or acim issJ bility
rega rdin g cost s,
41. r:ach of Lhl' part tcs havm g n1ad c submis~ions
the Cou rt will now pron oun ce on this issu e.
rt, "wit h resp ect
42. In his plea ding s, the App hcan t pray ed the Cou
t him "the bene fit of
to the cost s and exp ense s of Lhc case" , to gran
free proc eedi ngs" .
praye~d~
othe r han d,
43 In its stat eme nt of deft-'nCC', Sene ga], on the
to bear the cos
the Cnu rt to ''ot·d er ML Mkh clot Yog ogom bayc
incu rred by the Stat e or Sene gal in this case ".
stat es thai '' Unl ess
44. The Cou rt nole s that Rule 30 or the Rule s
ll bear its own
olhc rv.'J se rkcld~.~'<~by the Cou rt, each ('~sha
(
¥
cost s".
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