23.At the request of the Respondent State during the public hearing, the Parties were granted leave to file additional evidence. 24.Pursuantto Rule 45 (2) of the Rules, the Court, on 4 January,2017, requested the NGO, Open Society Justice lnitiative, as an organization with recognized expertise on the regime of nationality and statelessness in international law, for an opinion on the issue. 25.On 7 March, 2017, the Open Society Justice lnitiative transmitted its comments, and these were forwarded to the Parties for their observations. IV. PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES A. The Applicant's Prayers 26.The Applicant prays the Court to order that the immigration authorities' decision to expel him from his own country, be declared null and void. 27. Further, in his Reply to the Respondent State's Response, the Applicant prays the Court to order the following measures: (i) cancel the prohibited immigrant notice issued against him and reinstate his nationality by declaring him a citizen of the United Republic of Tanzania; (ii) allow him to enter and stay in the Respondent State like all its other citizens; (iii) ensure his protection by the Respondent State as it does for other citizens and protect him from victimization on account of this case; and (iv) reform its immigration law to guarantee the right to a fair trial before taking any decision that may deprive a person of his fundamental right, like the right to nationality.. B. The Respondent State's Prayers 28.1n its Response to the Application, the Respondent State prays the Court to: (i) declare that it has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the Application; (ii) declare the Application inadmissible on the grounds that it has not met the admissibility conditions stipulated under Rule 40 (5) and (6) of the Rules 7 I ; q (/.