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Altesor v. Uruguay

United Nations, Human Rights Committee.  29 March 1982 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State responsibility — Nature and kinds of — For wrongs unconnected with contractual obligations — Acts and omissions of State organs and officials — Exhaustion of legal remedies — Intemational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — 0ptional Protocol — Communication to United Nations Human Rights Committee — Exhaustion of domestic remedies — Whether any effective remedies available to alleged victim

International organization and administration — The United Nations — Other organs of the United Nations — Human Rights Committee — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Optional Protocol — Procedure — Consideration of same case by another human rights tribunal — Evidence — Burden of proof

The individual in international law — In general — Human rights and freedoms — Detention without charge — Detainee held incommunicado — Allegation of torture — Right to fair trial — Right to trial without undue delay — Habeas corpus not available — Trial held in closed session — Accused not properly represented — Punishment of accused for political opinions — Deprivation of political rights — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Optional Protocol — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Procedure — Exhaustion of domestic remedies — Consideration of same case by another human rights tribunal — Evidence — Burden of proof

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1986

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