70. According to Article 6 (2) of the Protocol, "the Court shall rule on the admissibility of cases taking into account the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter". 71. Rule 40 of the Rules which, in substance, replicates the contents of Article 56 of the Charter provides as follows: "Pursuant to the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter to which Article 6 (2) of the Protocol refers, Applications to the Court shall comply with the following conditions. 1. Disclose the identity of the Applicant notwithstanding the latter's request for anonymity; 2. Comply with the Constitutive Act of the Union and the Charter; 3. Not contain any disparaging or insulting language; 4. Not be based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media; 5. Be filed after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged; 6. Be filed within a reasonable time from the date local remedies were exhausted or from the date set by the Court as being the commencement of the time limit within which it shall be seized with a matter; and 7. Not raise any matter or issues previously settled by the parties in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union". 18