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The procedure of adopting the decisions of the Human Rights Committee relating to communications under the optional protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
One of the most important functions of the Human Rights Committee,
established under the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (henceforth: the Committee), which was adopted on 16 December
1966 and entered into force on 23 March 1976, was determined by the
Optional Protocol to the same Covenant (same dates of adoption and entry
into force).
The Optional Protocol provides for the competence of the Committee
to consider communications from private individuals claiming to be victims
of violations of the rights and freedoms recognised in the Covenant by a
State party to the Optional Protocol. In recent years this function of the
Committee has become more and more important, which can be judged
by the increasing number of ratifications of or adhesions to the Optional
Protocol, the almost exponential growth of the number of communications
(complaints) received and registered, and consequently, by the amount of
time the Committee has had to devote to the consideration of the
communications, which is visible from the data provided in regular annual
reports of the Committee to the UN Economic and Social Council and
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The 1974 Constitution as a Factor in the Collapse of Yugoslavia or as a Sign of Decaying Totalitarianism
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Human rights provisions in conventional sources of international criminal law and their effects on international criminal justice
The 1974 Constitution as a factor in the colapse of Yugoslavia or as a sign of decaying totalitarianism
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