designation and address of the respondent (c) the precise nature of the claim together with a succinct statement of the facts (d) the form of relief or order sought by the applicant. 2. The application shall state the name and address of the applicant's agent to whom communications on the case, including service of pleadings and other documents should be directed. 3. Any application which does not comply with the requirements of sub-rules 1 and 2 shall render the application inadmissible. 4. The original of the application shall be signed by the agent of the party submitting it. 5. The original of the application accompanied by all annexes referred to therein shall be filed with the Registrar together with five copies for the Tribunal and a copy for every other party to the proceedings. All copies shall be certified by the party filing them. 6. Where the application seeks the annulment of a decision, it shall be accompanied by documentary evidence of the decision for which the annulment is sought. 7. An application made by a legal person shall be accompanied by: (a) the instrument regulating the legal person or recent extract from the register of companies, firms or associations or any other proof of its existence in law; (b) proof that the authority granted to the applicant's agent has been properly conferred on him or her by someone authorised for the purpose. 8. (a) If an application does not comply with requirements sent out in sub-rules 4 to 7, the Registrar shall prescribe a reasonable period within which the applicant is to comply with them whether by putting the application itself in order or by producing any of the documents. (b) If the applicant fails to put the application in order within the time prescribed, the Tribunal shall, after hearing the agents decide whether the noncompliance renders the application formally inadmissible. The applications must be sent to the following address: The Registrar, SADC Tribunal, P.O. Box 40624 Ausspannplatz, Windhoek, Namibia (Source: Claiming Human Rights - Guide to International Procedures Available in Cases of Human Rights Violations in Africa http://www.claiminghumanrights.org/sadc.html) 4.5.1 Member States The Member States of the SADC are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 4.6 The East African Court of Justice The Court is the judicial body of the East African Community (EAC). It combines the roles of a Court of Justice for the EAC as well as that of a human rights and appellate court (still to be finally determined). The Court has jurisdiction over the interpretation and application of the East African Treaty of 1999. It may have extended jurisdiction upon conclusion of a protocol to that end such as other original, appellate, or human rights jurisdiction. The protocol to extend the jurisdiction to human rights has not yet been concluded. Its human rights jurisdiction will be based on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Even though it lacks a human rights mandate as clear as that of the ECOWAS Court, the East Africa Court of Justice has a very progressive human rights judgment to its credit. 36 REGIONAL MECHANISMS | REDRESS