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Procedures

Bringing a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee

How an individual complaint under the ICCPR Optional Protocol proceeds.

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ICCPR Optional Protocol
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ICCPR Optional Protocol
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https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/optional-protocol-international-covenant-civil-and-political ↗
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procedures, remedies, rights

Steps

  1. 1

    Exhaust domestic remedies

    All available domestic remedies must have been exhausted, unless their application is unreasonably prolonged.

    Who: The complainant Optional Protocol arts. 2 and 5(2)(b) ↗

  2. 2

    Check no other international procedure is examining the same matter

    Who: The complainant Optional Protocol art. 5(2)(a) ↗

  3. 3

    Submit a written communication

    Anonymous communications are inadmissible.

    Who: The complainant Optional Protocol arts. 2–3 ↗

  4. 4

    The state party replies

    Who: The state party When: Within six months of being notified Optional Protocol art. 4(2) ↗

  5. 5

    The Committee forwards its views

    Who: Human Rights Committee Optional Protocol art. 5(4) ↗

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