Procedure for determining admissibility of communications

The scope of rights subject to a communications procedure

Procedure for the consideration of communications on the merits

Procedure for the consideration of communications on the merits

Standing under a communications procedure determines who may submit a communication.

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None of the United Nations human rights mechanism foresees a collective communications procedure.

Under the Optional Protocol procedure, as of 30 May 2005 the Committee adopted Views on communications and declared 3 communications admissible and inadmissible.

1.3 Under rule 94 of its rules of procedure, the Committee has decided to consider the two communications together.

It was pointed out by some participants that urgent appeals should entail a more simplified procedure than other communications.

At present, only 46 States parties (see annex I) have made the optional declaration recognizing the Committee's competence to receive communications under article 14 of the Convention and, as a consequence, the individual communications procedure is underutilized, as indeed is also the inter State complaints procedure.

26. Security Council documentation and working methods and procedure Communications received from 26 January to 15 June 1998 Part III

Pending the establishment and functioning of such a procedure, it would be worthwhile encouraging the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Human Rights Committee and the Working Group on Communications (1503 Procedure) to examine periodic reports by States and individual communications submitted to those United Nations bodies.

Consequently, ratification of a treaty does not imply an obligation that the State party is subject to the treaty's communications procedure.

She also described the procedure to be adopted for considering communications in accordance with the practice developed in other thematic procedures.

(b) The à la carte approach allows States to limit the application of the communications procedure to certain provisions of the Covenant.

The working group may wish to consider the value of including an express reference to interim measures in a potential communications procedure.

Consideration of communications under article 14 of the Convention takes place in closed meetings (rule 88 of the Committee's rules of procedure).

Although the reference is to protocols (in the plural) the only specific proposal before the Conference related to an optional communications procedure.

It further decided, pursuant to rule 88, paragraph 2, of its rules of procedure, to deal jointly with the authors apos communications.

Although the reference is to protocols (in the plural), the only specific proposal before the Conference related to an optional communications procedure.

It is important to note that the choice of admissibility criteria determines the application of the communications procedure, avoiding its abuse and ensuring that the supervising body is not overburdened by excessive numbers of communications.

It also amended its rules of procedure so as to enable its pre sessional Working Group on Communications to declare a communication inadmissible.

quot (b) To receive communications, to hear witnesses, and to use such modalities of procedure as he may deem necessary for his mandate

There are five main approaches for identifying which rights contained in the Covenant would be subject to a communications procedure. These are as follows

The principles and procedures governing the interception of communications are stated in articles 21 and 166 to 171 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

672. Consideration of communications under article 14 of the Convention takes place in closed meetings (rule 88 of the Committee apos s rules of procedure).

639. Consideration of communications under article 14 of the Convention takes place in closed meetings (rule 88 of the Committee apos s rules of procedure).

The accepted procedure for individual communications under article 14 of the Convention should be made widely known in the State party in the appropriate languages.

482. Consideration of communications under article 14 of the Convention takes place in closed meetings (rule 88 of the Committee apos s rules of procedure).

ICERD and the OP to CEDAW allow groups of individuals as well as individuals to bring communications. The rules of procedure of the Human Rights Committee allow groups of individuals to bring communications under the Optional Protocol to ICCPR

She wished to express the Committee's appreciation to States parties for cooperating with the Committee in the examination of communications and implementation of the inquiry procedure.

The working group may wish to consider which approach would be best suited in relation to an optional protocol taking the form of a communications procedure.

The identification of which potential authors would have standing under a communications procedure to the Covenant will have an effect on the focus of the instrument.

The working group might wish to consider the value of expressly including follow up procedures within a potential communications procedure and the nature of those procedures.

For example, the communications procedure could apply to only Parts II and III of the Covenant or to particular provisions in Parts I, II and or III.

Pursuant to rule 115, paragraph 1, of its rules of procedure, the Committee may decide to include in its annual report a summary of the communications examined.

102. By resolution 1503 (XLVIII) of 27 May 1970, the Economic and Social Council established a procedure for dealing with communications concerning alleged violations of human rights.

One issue to consider in this regard is whether the criterion of non duplication of procedures would not, in fact, automatically exclude communications already subject to another procedure.

Concerning its working methods, the Committee decided to designate one or several Special Rapporteurs for follow up on opinions adopted by the Committee under its individual communications procedure.

The Chairperson Rapporteur noted that the Committee had an important role to play in explaining to States what kind of cases it might consider under a communications procedure.

Such a procedure would be entirely non compulsory and would permit communications to be submitted by individuals or groups alleging violations of the rights recognized in the Covenant.

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(a) Complementary communications Communications equipment

(a) Complementary communications Commercial communications