The African Court held that N'Guessan Yao Ange's application was inadmissible for failure to exhaust local remedies, despite confirming its jurisdiction.
The African Court held that Doumbia Moussa’s application against Côte d’Ivoire was inadmissible because he did not exhaust local remedies, including cassation.
The Court found that the applicant had not exhausted local remedies, as his cassation appeal was still pending before the domestic courts at the time he filed the application. The cassation procedure in Côte d’Ivoire is considered an available and effective remedy, and the applicant did not demonstrate that it was unduly prolonged or otherwise unavailable. As exhaustion of local remedies is a mandatory and cumulative requirement for admissibility under Article 56(5) of the Charter and Rule 50(2)(e) of the Rules, the failure to meet this condition rendered the application inadmissible. The Cou…