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Thecomplaint n  3.1Theauthorclaimsaviolationofarticles2,5,18,19and26oftheCovenant,inthatsheis @ discriminatedagainstonthebasisofherlackofeducationinaCzechlawschool;shehasnoremedy )y againstarbitrarydecisionsofthelowercourts;shedoesnothavetherighttothinkonlegalissues b ordevelopherownlegalideas,conclusionsorobjections;sheisdeniedtherighttoholdopinions K withoutinterferenceonanylegalissueandtherighttoexpressheropinioninanycourtbeforeany 4 judge;andinthatshedoesnothaveanylawschooleducationbutwishestoactonherownbehalf  incivilcases.  IssuesandproceedingsbeforetheCommittee  4.1Beforeconsideringanyclaimcontainedinacommunication,theHumanRightsCommittee Z must,inaccordancewithrule87initsrulesofprocedure,decidewhetherornotthecommunication C isadmissibleundertheOptionalProtocoltotheCovenant. ,| 4.2TheCommitteerecallsitsjurisprudencetotheeffectthatitdoesnotconsiderthatthe N requirementoflegalrepresentationbeforethehighestnationaljudicialinstanceisnotbasedon  7 objectiveandreasonablecriteria.2Theauthorhasnotadvancedanyargumentsinsupportofher !   claim,beyondthemereassertionthatthisrequirementwasdiscriminatory.TheCommittee " ! accordinglyconsidersthatshehasnotsubstantiatedherclaim,forpurposesofadmissibility. #" 5.Accordingly,theCommitteedecides: t% $ a)thatthecommunicationisinadmissibleunderarticle2oftheOptionalProtocol. F'"& b)thatthedecisionwillbetransmittedtotheauthorand,forinformation,totheStateparty. )h$( ______________________ *:&* [AdoptedinEnglish,FrenchandSpanish,theEnglishtextbeingtheoriginalversion.Subsequently , (, tobeissuedalsoinArabic,ChineseandRussianaspartoftheCommittee'sannualreporttothe -(- GeneralAssembly.]  *ThefollowingmembersoftheCommitteeparticipatedintheexaminationofthepresent  communication:Mr._Abdelfattah_ԀAmor,Mr._Nisuke_ԀAndo,Mr._Prafullachandra_Ԁ_Natwarlal_Ԁ_Bhagwati_, k Mr.Alfredo_Castillero_Ԁ_Hoyos_,Ms.Christine_Chanet_,Mr.Franco_Depasquale_,Mr.Maurice_Gll_ T _Ahanhanzo_,Mr.Walter_Klin_,Mr.Ahmed_Tawfik_Ԁ_Khalil_,Mr._Rajsoomer_Ԁ_Lallah_,Mr.Rafael_Rivas_ =  _Posada_,SirNigel_Rodley_,Mr.Martin_Scheinin_,Mr._Hip;lito_Ԁ_Solari_Ԁ_Yrigoyen_,Ms.RuthWedgwood, & v Mr.Roman_Wieruszewski_ԀandMr.Maxwell_Yalden_.  _ Notes    1.TheCovenantandtheOptionalProtocolenteredintoforceinrespectofCzechoslovakiaon23   March1976and12June1991,respectively.On22February1993theCzechRepublicdeposited   aninstrumentofsuccession,relatedtobothtreaties. n  2.Seedecisiononcaseno.866/1999,decisionof31August2001,Marina_Torregrosa_Ԁ_Lafuente_Ԁet @ al.v.Spain,para.6.3. )y SUSCE.,CE.,US.,