International legal remedies must be explored.

Finally, he has exhausted all legal remedies open to him.

The complainants must further observe statutory deadlines laid down in the law while availing themselves of domestic remedies.

Local remedies

2. Local remedies means legal remedies which are open to an injured person before the judicial or administrative courts or bodies, whether ordinary or special, of the State alleged to be responsible for causing the injury.

Exhaustion of local remedies

Exhaustion of domestic remedies

PART THREE LOCAL REMEDIES

Principle 6 International and domestic remedies

VII. Victims' right to remedies

VICTIMS' RIGHT TO REMEDIES

Victims' right to remedies

Consequently, domestic remedies have not been exhausted.

Procedural issues Exhaustion of domestic remedies

Procedural issues Exhaustion of domestic remedies

The State party recalls that the author did not avail himself of these remedies, and thus did not exhaust domestic remedies.

(b) The claim is one to which the rule of exhaustion of local remedies applies and any available and effective local remedy has not been exhausted.

Local remedies do not need to be exhausted where

Draft article 14 Exhaustion of local remedies

They state that they have exhausted all domestic remedies.

It is therefore essential to provide for the relevant provisions in national legislation and to inform the public of the availability of all legal remedies in the field of racial discrimination.

The Committee recommends that the State party provide for the relevant provisions in national legislation and inform the public of the availability of all legal remedies in the field of racial discrimination.

Exceptions to the local remedies rule

The author considers that he has exhausted all domestic remedies.

(i) Exhaustion of domestic remedies This criterion requires that an author of a communication must have exhausted all available domestic remedies before bringing a communication under the international procedure.

The view was also expressed that, when defining criteria for exceptions to the exhaustion of local remedies rule, available remedies should not a priori be called into question.

Convinced that, through their own national legal and judicial systems, States must provide appropriate civil, criminal and administrative remedies for violations of human rights,

The justice system continued to be marked by significant shortcomings which hinder the proper administration of justice, protection of human rights and recourse to legal redress.

The complainant alleges that she has exhausted all domestic remedies.

That complaint had been rejected on grounds of non exhaustion of domestic remedies.

Substantive issues Failure to exhaust domestic remedies burden of proof

The vast majority of cases of violence against women are unreported, and when they are reported there is inadequate or non existing protection or remedy.

Convinced that, through their own national legal and judicial systems, States must provide appropriate civil, criminal and administrative remedies for violations of human rights,

The Committee expressed concern that women lacked access to remedies to claim compensation for damages upon violation of the rights set out in the Convention.

2.8 The petitioner argues that he has exhausted domestic remedies.

Domestic remedies thus proved ineffective and inadequate.

Growth of the Committee's caseload under the Optional Protocol

The author thus contends to have exhausted all domestic remedies.

Procedural issues Non exhaustion of domestic remedies lack of substantiation

He says that domestic remedies have been exhausted, as described above.

Procedural issues Adequate substantiation of the alleged violation exhaustion of domestic remedies

It argues that the author has not exhausted domestic remedies.

(f) Steps taken by the complainant to exhaust domestic remedies

(e) That the individual has exhausted all available domestic remedies.

People needed to be informed of their right to a remedy so that they could benefit from it, including regional and international rights to a remedy if the efforts to obtain a remedy at the national level had been exhausted.