34. On 16 March 2007, the Complainants transmitted their submission on the Merits of the Communication to the Secretariat, and by letter dated 22 March 2007, the Secretariat acknowledged receipt. 35. By Note Verbale, dated 22 March 2007, the Secretariat forwarded the Respondent State‟s submissions on the Merits to the Complainants. By letter, dated 16 July 2007, a copy of the additional submissions on the AC HP R 36. Merits of the Respondent State was forwarded to the Complainants. 37. During the African Commission‟s 42nd Ordinary Session, the Respondent State submitted another version of their arguments on the Merits, with the reason that the former had translation flaws. A copy of the revised submission was forwarded to the Complainants. 38. During the African Commission‟s 44th Ordinary Session, the Respondent State made additional submissions on the Merits, and by Note Verbale, dated 11 December 2008, forwarded them to the Complainants. 39. On 19 March 2009, the Secretariat received additional submissions from the Complainants, and by letter, dated 25 March 2009, forwarded the submissions to the Respondent State. 40. On 22 April 2009, the Secretariat received additional submissions from the Respondent State in Arabic, and by Note Verbale, dated 27 April 2009, forwarded the submissions to the Complainants. 9