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A/49/40

United Nations

Report of the

Human Rights Committee

Volume II

General Assembly

Official Records • Forty-ninth Session

Supplement No. 40 (A/49/40)

A/49/40

Report of the

Human Rights Committee

Volume II

General Assembly

Official Records • Forty-ninth Session

Supplement No. 40 (A/49/40)

United Nations • New York, 1994

NOTE

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The present document contains annexes IX and X of the report of the Human Rights Committee. Chapters I to VIII and annexes I to VIII, XI and XII are contained in volume I.

ISSN 0255-2353

[Original: English]

[21 September 1994]

CONTENTS

Chapter

I. ORGANIZATIONAL AND OTHER MATTERS

A. States parties to the Covenant

B. Sessions and agenda

C. Membership and attendance

D. Solemn declaration

E. Working groups

F. Other matters

G. Staff resources

H. Publicity for the work of the Committee

I. Adoption of the report

II. ACTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION AND BY THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT ITS FIFTIETH SESSION

III. METHODS OF WORK OF THE COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 40 OF THE COVENANT: OVERVIEW OF PRESENT WORKING METHODS

A. List of issues to be taken up in connection with the consideration of periodic reports of States parties

B. Comments of the Committee at the end of the consideration of reports of States parties

C. The Committee's procedures in dealing with emergency situations

D. Implementation of the Covenant in new States that constituted parts of former States parties to the Covenant

E. General comments

F. Overdue reports

G. Format of the annual report of the Committee under article 45 of the Covenant

IV. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 40 OF THE COVENANT

A. Reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant during the period under review

CONTENTS (continued)

Chapter

B. Special decisions by the Human Rights Committee concerning reports of particular States

V. STATES THAT HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 40

VI. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 40 OF THE COVENANT

A. Iceland

B. Norway

C. Japan

D. Malta

E. Romania

F. Costa Rica

G. Mexico

H. Cameroon

I. El Salvador

J. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

K. Jordan

L. Togo

M. Italy

N. Azerbaijan

O. Cyprus

P. Slovenia

Q. Burundi

VII. GENERAL COMMENTS OF THE COMMITTEE

VIII. CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNICATIONS UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL

A. Progress of work

B. Growth of the Committee's case-load under the Optional Protocol

C. New approaches to examining communications under the Optional Protocol

CONTENTS (continued)

Chapter

D. Individual opinions

E. Issues considered by the Committee

F. Remedies called for under the Committee's views

G. Follow-up activities

Annexes

I. STATES PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AND TO THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS AND STATES WHICH HAVE MADE THE DECLARATION UNDER ARTICLE 41 OF THE COVENANT AS AT 29 JULY 1994

A. States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

B. States parties to the First Optional Protocol

C. States which have made the declaration under article 41 of the Covenant

D. Status of the Second Optional Protocol aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

II. MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICERS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, 1993-1994

A. Membership

B. Officers

III. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 40 OF THE COVENANT DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW

IV. STATUS OF REPORTS CONSIDERED DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW AND OF REPORTS STILL PENDING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

V. GENERAL COMMENTS UNDER ARTICLE 40, PARAGRAPH 4, OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

General comment No. 23 (50) (art. 27)

VI. AMENDED RULES OF PROCEDURE

VII. LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE CONCERNING AN OVERDUE REPORT

VIII. LISTS OF STATES PARTIES' DELEGATIONS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE REPORTS BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AT ITS FORTY-NINTH, FIFTIETH AND FIFTY-FIRST SESSIONS

CONTENTS (continued)

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IX. VIEWS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 5, PARAGRAPH 4,

OF THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL

AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ............................................... 1

A. Communication No. 321/1988, Maurice Thomas v. Jamaica

(views adopted on 19 October 1993, forty-ninth session) ........ 1

B. Communication No. 322/1988, Hugo Rodríguez v. Uruguay

(views adopted on 19 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........... 5

C. Communication No. 328/1988, Roberto Zelaya Blanco v.

Nicaragua (views adopted on 20 July 1994, fifty-first session) . 12

D. Communication No. 330/1988, Albert Berry v. Jamaica

(views adopted on 7 April 1994, fiftieth session) .............. 20

E. Communication No. 332/1988, Devon Allen v. Jamaica

(views adopted on 31 March 1994, fiftieth session) ............. 31

F. Communication No. 333/1988, Lenford Hamilton v. Jamaica

(views adopted on 23 March 1994, fiftieth session) ............. 37

G. Communication No. 352/1989, Dennis Douglas, Errol Gentles and

Lorenzo Kerr v. Jamaica (views adopted on 19 October 1993,

forty-ninth session) ........................................... 42

H. Communication No. 353/1988, Lloyd Grant v. Jamaica

(views adopted on 31 March 1994, fiftieth session) ............. 50

I. Communication No. 355/1989, George Winston Reid v. Jamaica

(views adopted on 8 July 1994, fifty-first session) ............ 59

J. Communication No. 366/1989, Isidore Kanana v. Zaire

(views adopted on 2 November 1993, forty-ninth session) ........ 65

K. Communication No. 375/1989, Glenmore Compass v. Jamaica

(views adopted on 19 October 1993, forty-ninth session) ........ 68

L. Communication No. 377/1989, Anthony Currie v. Jamaica

(views adopted on 29 March 1994, fiftieth session) ............. 73

M. Communication No. 407/1990, Dwayne Hylton v. Jamaica

(views adopted on 8 July 1994, fifty-first session) ............ 79

N. Communication No. 412/1990, Auli Kivenmaa v. Finland

(views adopted on 31 March 1994, fiftieth session) ............. 85

Appendix ....................................................... 92

O. Communication No. 414/1990, Primo J. Mika Miha v. Equatorial

Guinea (views adopted on 8 July 1994, fifty-first session) ..... 96

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P. Communication No. 417/1990, Manuel Balaguer Santacana v. Spain

(views adopted on 15 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........... 101

Appendix ....................................................... 113

Q. Communication No. 418/1990, C. H. J. Cavalcanti Araujo-Jongen

v. the Netherlands (views adopted on 22 October 1993, forty-

ninth session) ................................................. 114

R. Communication No. 425/1990, A. M. M. Doesburd Lannooij Neefs

v. the Netherlands (views adopted on 15 July 1994, fifty-first

session) ....................................................... 120

S. Communication No. 428/1990, François Bozize v. the Central

African Republic (views adopted on 7 April 1994, fiftieth

session) ....................................................... 124

T. Communication No. 440/1990, Youssef El-Megreisi v. the Libyan

Arab Jamahiriya (views adopted on 23 March 1994, fiftieth

session) ....................................................... 128

U. Communication No. 441/1990, Robert Casanovas v. France

(views adopted on 19 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........... 131

V. Communication No. 445/1991, Lyden Champagnie, Delroy Palmer

and Oswald Chisholm v. Jamaica (views adopted on 18 July 1994,

fifty-first session) ........................................... 136

W. Communication No. 449/1991, Barbarín Mojica v. the Dominican

Republic (views adopted on 15 July 1994, fifty-first session) .. 142

X. Communication No. 451/1991, Barry Stephen Harward v. Norway

(views adopted on 15 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........... 146

Y. Communication No. 455/1991, Allan Singer v. Canada

(views adopted on 26 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........... 155

Z. Communication No. 456/1991, Ismet Celepli v. Sweden

(views adopted on 18 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........... 165

AA. Communication No. 458/1991, Albert Womah Mukong v. Cameroon

(views adopted on 21 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........... 171

BB. Communication No. 468/1991, Angel N. Oló Bahamonde v.

Equatorial Guinea (views adopted on 20 October 1993,

forty-ninth session) ........................................... 183

CC. Communication No. 469/1991, Charles Chitat Ng v. Canada

(views adopted on 5 November 1993, forty-ninth session) ........ 189

Appendix ....................................................... 208

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DD. Communication No. 484/1991, H. J. Pepels v. the Netherlands

(views adopted on 15 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........... 221

EE. Communication No. 488/1992, Nicholas Toonen v. Australia

(views adopted on 31 March 1994, fiftieth session) ............. 226

Appendix ....................................................... 236

FF. Communication No. 492/1992, Lauri Peltonen v. Finland

(views adopted on 21 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........... 238

Appendix ....................................................... 244

X. DECISIONS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DECLARING COMMUNICATIONS

INADMISSIBLE UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL

COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ............................. 246

A. Communication No. 384/1989, R. M. v. Trinidad and Tobago

(decision adopted on 29 October 1993, forty-ninth session) ..... 246

B. Communication No. 421/1990, Thierry Trébutien v. France

(decision adopted on 18 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........ 250

C. Communication No. 431/1990, O. Sara et al v. Finland

(decision adopted on 23 March 1994, fiftieth session) .......... 257

D. Communication No. 433/1990, A. P. A. v. Spain

(decision adopted on 25 March 1994, fiftieth session) .......... 269

Appendix ....................................................... 273

E. Communication No. 436/1990, Manuel Solís Palma v. Panama

(decision adopted on 18 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........ 274

F. Communication No. 452/1991, Jean Glaziou v. France

(decision adopted on 18 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........ 277

G. Communication No. 471/1991, Theophilus Barry v. Trinidad and

Tobago (decision adopted on 18 July 1994, fifty-first session) . 283

H. Communication No. 475/1991, S. B. v. New Zealand

(decision adopted on 31 March 1994, fiftieth session) .......... 287

I. Communication No. 476/1991, R. M. v. Trinidad and Tobago

(decision adopted on 31 March 1994, fiftieth session) .......... 291

J. Communication No. 477/1991, J. A. M. B.-R. v. the Netherlands

(decision adopted on 7 April 1994, fiftieth session) ........... 294

Appendix ....................................................... 299

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K. Communication No. 487/1992, Walter Rodríguez Veiga v. Uruguay

(decision adopted on 18 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........ 302

L. Communication No. 489/1992, Peter Bradshaw v. Barbados

(decision adopted on 19 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........ 305

M. Communication No. 497/1992, Odia Amisi v. Zaire

(decision adopted on 19 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........ 310

N. Communication No. 498/1992, Zdenek Drbal v. the Czech Republic

(decision adopted on 22 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........ 312

Appendix ....................................................... 316

O. Communication No. 502/1992, S. M. v. Barbados

(decision adopted on 31 March 1994, fiftieth session) .......... 318

P. Communication No. 504/1992, Denzil Roberts v. Barbados

(decision adopted on 19 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........ 322

Q. Communication No. 509/1992, A. R. U. v. the Netherlands

(decision adopted on 19 October 1993, forty-ninth session) ..... 327

R. Communication No. 510/1992, P. J. N. v. the Netherlands

(decision adopted on 19 October 1993, forty-ninth session) ..... 330

S. Communication No. 517/1992, Curtis Lambert v. Jamaica

(decision adopted on 21 July 1994, fifty-first session) ........ 333

T. Communication No. 520/1992, E. and A. K. v. Hungary

(decision adopted on 7 April 1994, fiftieth session) ........... 336

Appendix ....................................................... 341