b. What, if any, are the legal standards founded in treaty law applicable to the State Parties that choose to conduct elections vis-à-vis Member States that choose not to conduct elections during the pendency of the Covid-19 disaster or emergency measures? c. What, if any, are the legal standards applicable to States precluded by reason of a public health emergency, such as the one caused by the Covid19 pandemic, from organising elections as the basis of the democratic mandate of government? III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 9. The Request was received at the Registry of the Court on 3 June 2020, together with the Application requesting the Court to “abridge the time and process for procuring the Advisory Opinion”. This request was rejected by the Court on 2 November 2020. 10. On 9 June 2020, the Registry requested the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred as “the Commission”), pursuant to Article 4 of the Protocol, to confirm that the subject matter of the Request was not related to any matter pending before it. On 14 June 2021, the Commission informed the Registry that no case relating to the subject matter of this advisory opinion is pending before it. 11. On 11 August 2020, the Registry notified the following entities of the filing of the Request: AU Member States; the Commission; the AU Commission; the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; the Pan African Parliament; the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the AU; the AU Commission on International Law; the Directorate of Women, Gender and Development of the AU; the African Institute of International Law; and the Centre 4