Treaties — Conclusion and operation of — Reservations — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Optional Protocol — Reservation with regard to competence of United Nations Human Rights Committee to consider communication on a matter already considered by another international tribunal — Intention of — Application submitted to European Commission of Human Rights declared inadmissible — Whether admissible under Covenant and Optional Protocol

International organization and administration — The United Nations — Other organs of the United Nations — Human Rights Committee — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — 0ptional Protocol — Procedure — Same case submitted to another human rights tribunal — Declared inadmissible — Reservation with regard to competence of Committee — Whether communication admissible

Disputes — Other international courts — European Commission of Human Rights — Application submitted and declared inadmissible — Whether ‘considered’ — Same case submitted under International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 and Optional Protocol thereto — Reservation with regard to competence of United Nations Human Rights Committee — Whether communication necessarily inadmissible under Covenant and Optional Protocol

The individual in international law — In general — Human rights and freedoms — Right to fair trial — Allegation of degrading treatment — Application submitted to European Commission of Human Rights — Declared inadmissible — Whether application ‘considered’ — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Optional Protocol — Reservation with regard to competence of United Nations Human Rights Committee — Intention of reservation — Whether communication within competence of Committee — Whether application considered inadmissible under European Convention necessarily inadmissible under Covenant and Optional Protocol