WPCM  w1q&S4~KvQ(i2-w߂y[~p1jPƒd+qWy՗kc.!2MiaUEIS`%k˛zu@%:rK(<جQWnxojk =QS T%1s\f!tA3!,]OFz~ި^ǂ f+JGѐWc/'ޤh4wUXH:dм%6t0 M(][Z@]l"~&JPfa[$T~STUVt/LL^%gp3BFW) #UNq % 0:^ w 4#2 m4NKHP PSC 2350 seriesTT0(@ Z6Times New Roman RegularX($UKUS.,5 L5opt,=3|xU !UKUS.,  _ n)XXUSUK.,  8YXXdd8CROATIA#XYXn)@#   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.,Lhttp://untreaty.un.org/ENGLISH/bible/_englishinternetbible_/_historicalinfo.asp_USUK.,].   UK.,US.,g USUK.,  [Ed.note:Note1underCroatiaisasfollows:    Croatia l!   Note1 D#!   0  Inaletterdated27July1992,receivedbytheSecretary-Generalon4August1992and %l # accompaniedbyalistofmultilateraltreatiesdepositedwiththeSecretary-General,the &X!$ GovernmentoftheRepublicofCroatianotifiedthat:&D"%(#(# 0  "[TheGovernmentof]8theRepublicofCroatiahasdecided,basedontheConstitutional ($' DecisiononSovereigntyandIndependenceoftheRepublicofCroatiaof25June,1991and )%( theDecisionoftheCroatianParliamentinrespectoftheterritoryoftheRepublicof *%) Croatia,byvirtueofsuccessionoftheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslaviaof8 +&* October,1991,tobeconsideredapartytotheconventionsthatSocialistFederalRepublic  ofYugoslaviaanditspredecessorstates(theKingdomofYugoslavia,FederalPeople's  RepublicofYugoslavia)wereparties,accordingtotheenclosedlist.(#(# 0  Inconformitywiththeinternationalpractice,[theGovernmentoftheRepublicofCroatia] ` wouldliketosuggestthatthistakeeffectfrom8October,1991,thedateonwhichthe L  RepublicofCroatiabecameindependent."8 (#(# 0  Seealso formerYugoslaviain[the"HistoricalInformation"sectionintheelectronic  ` versiononthewebsiteUK.,US., USUK.,ԀoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral;  L  UK.,US.,http://untreaty.un.org/ENGLISH/bible/_englishinternetbible_/_historicalinfo.asp_.Forthetext  8  in_bayefsky.com_,seeReservationsandDeclarations,Yugoslavia].$ (#(# 0  ForinformationonthetreatmentoftreatyactionsbypredecessorStatesandsuccessor   Statesinthestatustables,seePartC,"Statustables"ofthe"Introduction"to[theelectronic   versiononthewebsiteUSUK.,ԀoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral;UK.,US.,YUSUK.,   http://_untreaty.un.org_/ENGLISH/bible/_englishinternetbible_/_introduction.asp_Ԁ]].p(#(# (Note_9,_ԀChapterIV.5,MultilateralUK.,US.,TreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral)USUK., \ UK.,US.,cu