4.5 The State party points out, on this claim, that the complainant was unable to substantiate his claim for protection despite the opportunity to file two separate applications for a protection visa.

6.2 As to the claim that the State party violated the author's rights under article 19, the Committee considers that the author has failed to substantiate this claim, for purposes of admissibility.

The Committee notes that the author has not commented on this discrepancy, and therefore concludes that he has failed to substantiate this claim, for purposes of admissibility.

The Ministry's decisions to reduce the Herdsmen's Committee's herd does not substantiate any claim of the effects of individual logging operations.

In this respect, the author has failed to substantiate his claim of bias, for purposes of admissibility, and the Committee therefore declares it inadmissible under article 2 of the Optional Protocol.

The Committee considers, however, that aggravation of the complainant's state of health that might be caused by his deportation is in itself insufficient to substantiate this claim, which is accordingly considered inadmissible.

Furthermore, Iraq argues that Syria did not provide adequate evidence of the extent of damage to substantiate its claim for the cost of restoration.

In the circumstances, the Committee finds that the author had failed sufficiently to substantiate this claim for purposes of admissibility, and decides accordingly that this part of the communication is inadmissible under article 2 of the Optional Protocol.

Nevertheless, it argues that the complaint is inadmissible because the complainant failed to substantiate his claim that he would be at risk of being tortured if returned to Ecuador.

In the view of the Panel, Jordan has not provided sufficient evidence to substantiate the claim that the presence of the refugees resulted in damage to the Azraq wetlands.

In the present case, the Committee concludes the author has failed properly to substantiate his claim under article 14, paragraph 5, and decides that this part of the communication is inadmissible pursuant to article 2 of the Optional Protocol.

Although the author contested that the State party accurately made this distinction, he has failed to substantiate this challenge.

Procedural issues Failure to substantiate claims

Procedural issues Failure to substantiate the complaint

Procedural issues Failure to substantiate the alleged violation

4.3 The State party contends that the claim under article 26 of the Covenant is manifestly ill founded, as the author did not substantiate his claim nor has presented any specific evidence or facts illustrating discriminatory treatment covered by any of the grounds enumerated in article 26.

This claim was originally part of category F3 claim No. 5000194.

The Committee notes that the author has failed to provide any additional information which would substantiate his claim of lack of impartiality or lack of independence on the part of the judges who examined his case.

The Panel considers that this claim unit is for claim preparation costs.

The Panel considers that this is a claim for claim preparation costs.

4.6 As to the author's allegation that he was not compensated for his unlawful detention in 1981 1982, the Committee considers that the author has not provided sufficient information to substantiate his claim, for purposes of admissibility.

This claim was hugely misguided.

This claim is problematic, however.

Procedural issues Non exhaustion of domestic remedies, failure to substantiate claims

Procedural issues Non exhaustion of domestic remedies, failure to substantiate claims

Nevertheless, should the Committee examine the particular instruction offered to the authors' children, the authors have made scant attempts to substantiate their claim that instruction is indoctrinating, which cannot be sufficient to sustain a finding of a violation.

THE E2 CLAIM Background to the E2 claim The E2 claim in this instalment was initially filed in category D .

Many people will doubt this claim.

The deferred part of claim No. 5000458 is reviewed as part of the second claim unit (terrestrial resources) of this claim.

Iraq also argues that Iran has failed to substantiate the amount claimed.

In this instalment, one stand alone claim failed to satisfy this requirement and the Panel recommends no compensation in respect of this claim.

There is some merit to this claim.

Iraq also provided comments on this claim.

This claim is the deferred portion of claim No. 5000259 relating to remediation of coastal mudflats.

It seems to us that the author must at least substantiate in some measure his complaint as the author has undoubtedly done in this case.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Water of Saudi Arabia originally submitted this claim unit as claim 5000207.

The State party has not contested this claim.

First claim unit Groundwater resources Jordan seeks compensation in the amount of USD 1,771,413,994 for this claim unit.

This is the basis of the French claim on this Antarctic land.

This brings the total compensation for this claim unit to USD 3,366,964.

In the light of the above, and in absence of any observations from the complainants on the State party's submission or any further information on their current situation, the Committee considers that the complainants have failed to sufficiently substantiate their claim for purposes of admissibility.

Sixth claim unit Claim preparation costs Iran seeks compensation in the amount of USD 4,500,000 for administrative, technical and legal expenses of the preparation of this claim.

He refers to international jurisprudence to support this claim.

Accordingly, the Panel recommends no compensation for this claim.

Accordingly, the Panel recommends no compensation for this claim.