WPCM Pu[*e//%"JL  V#֞XX]c @/|,c/Dv\@z% N2T.]\ip.=bT!Y7x¸@̀Xך +F`hM}$gB8?\߳XޟwȵeokeQ6I ,N&790w+y|bZ$èg)? &UuQ=@n-UzesAd(بa@'<} 2>IȪn,\ypmV1ڌIKLSє 0Mo:f4>,]M枅⹳ /aWҕ0G]"~؛FZkk{f~VI,x+}ObD c #UNq % 0:^ w 4#2 m4NKHP PSC 2350 seriesTT0(@ Z6Times New Roman RegularX($UKUS.,u= UW=opt,=3|xU !UKUS.,  _ rIXXUSUK.,  8AXXdd8CROATIA#XAXrI@#   q _CCPR_ԀOPTIONALPROTOCOL   UK.,US.,_ RESERVATIONSANDDECLARATIONS     (Unlessotherwiseindicated,thereservationsanddeclarationsweremadeuponratification, t  accessionorsuccession)USUK., `    Declaration: 8  "TheRepublicofCroatiainterpretsarticle1ofthisProtocolasgivingtheCommitteethecompetence `  toreceiveandconsidercommunicationsfromindividualssubjecttothejurisdictionoftheRepublic L  ofCroatiawhoclaimtobevictimsofaviolationbytheRepublicofanyrightssetforthinthe 8  Covenantwhichresultseitherfromacts,omissionsoreventsoccurringafterthedateonwhichthe $  ProtocolenteredintoforcefortheRepublicofCroatia."   "Withregardtoarticle5,paragraph2(a)oftheProtocol,theRepublicofCroatiaspecifiesthatthe  HumanRightsCommitteeshallnothavecompetencetoconsideracommunicationfromanindividual  ifthesamematterisbeingexaminedorhasalreadybeenexaminedunderanotherprocedureof p internationalinvestigationorsettlement." \   Note 4   TheformerYugoslaviahadsignedtheOptionalProtocolon14March1990.Seealsonotes1under  \ "BosniaandHerzegovina","Croatia","formerYugoslavia","Slovenia","TheFormerYugoslav H RepublicofMacedonia"and"Yugoslavia"inthe"HistoricalInformation"sectioninthefrontmatter 4 of[theelectronicversiononthewebsiteoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretary   General;UK.,US.,LUSUK.,http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspxUK.,US.,USUK.,].   UK.,US.,6 USUK.,  [Ed.note:Note1underCroatiaisasfollows:    Croatia l!   Note1 D#!   0  Inaletterdated27July1992,receivedbytheSecretary-Generalon4August1992and %l # accompaniedbyalistofmultilateraltreatiesdepositedwiththeSecretary-General,the &X!$ GovernmentoftheRepublicofCroatianotifiedthat:&D"%(#(# 0  "[TheGovernmentof]8theRepublicofCroatiahasdecided,basedontheConstitutional ($' DecisiononSovereigntyandIndependenceoftheRepublicofCroatiaof25June,1991and )%( theDecisionoftheCroatianParliamentinrespectoftheterritoryoftheRepublicof *%) Croatia,byvirtueofsuccessionoftheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslaviaof8 +&* _October,1991,tobeconsideredapartytotheconventionsthatSocialistFederalRepublic  ofYugoslaviaanditspredecessorstates(theKingdomofYugoslavia,FederalPeople's  RepublicofYugoslavia)wereparties,accordingtotheenclosedlist.(#(# 0  Inconformitywiththeinternationalpractice,[theGovernmentoftheRepublicofCroatia] ` wouldliketosuggestthatthistakeeffectfrom8October,1991,thedateonwhichthe L  RepublicofCroatiabecameindependent."8 (#(# 0  Seealso formerYugoslaviain[the"HistoricalInformation"sectionintheelectronic  ` versiononthewebsiteUK.,US., USUK.,ԀoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral;  L  UK.,US.,tUSUK.,http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspxUK.,US.,.Forthetextin_bayefsky.com_,see  8  ReservationsandDeclarations,Yugoslavia].$ (#(# 0  ForinformationonthetreatmentoftreatyactionsbypredecessorStatesandsuccessor   Statesinthestatustables,seePartC,"Statustables"ofthe"Introduction"to[theelectronic   versiononthewebsiteUSUK.,ԀoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral;UK.,US.,   USUK.,http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspxUK.,US.,]].p(#(# (Note5,ChapterIV.5,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral) \ D