At the same time, the prisoner shall be informed about the possibility of filing a further complaint.

3.3 With respect to article 13 of the Convention, the complainant submits that the right to complain implies not just a legal possibility to do so but also the right to an effective remedy for the harm suffered.

Another remedy available to him would have been a constitutional complaint.

Opposition candidates and parties were denied registration for the slightest formal complaint.

Although no specific time limit exists for the submission of a communication under the Optional Protocol, the Committee has held that the late submission of a complaint can amount to such abuse, in the absence of any justification.

In the end, Shar tried to lodge a formal complaint, but the authorities rejected the paperwork because of a small typo.

Instead, women who go to the police are urged not to file a complaint.

3.1 The author's complaint concerns primarily the right to an effective appeal against conviction and sentence.

The author could have filed a complaint with the Ministry of Interior, or with the President of the High Court.

Such a complaint would have tested the constitutionality of article 29 of the Mental Health Protection Act 1994.

When filing a complaint for a sex crime, for example, her demand is not only a criminal one, it is also psychological.

If status was to be withdrawn, a new complaint was to be filed, giving new causes for action.

Secondly, it observes that the right to file an individual complaint is not intended to provide an opportunity for complaints in abstracto concerning national legislation and practice.

Of them, 69 complaints had been discontinued and 47 had been declared inadmissible.

The mother refused to file a complaint against the attackers, whom she knew, in order to avoid trouble between their families.

(d) About the difficulties encountered by victims of torture and ill treatment in filing a formal complaint with public authorities, obtaining medical evidence in support of their allegations and presenting that evidence

(b) Does not constitute an abuse of the right of submission of such requests

Therefore, the mere fact that the submission of a communication is delayed does not constitute an abuse of rights.

The State party also failed to comply with its obligation, under article 13, to ensure the complainant's right to complain and to have his case promptly and impartially examined by the competent authorities.

(b) does not constitute an abuse of the right to submit such communications,

(i) Substantive servicing of meetings dedicated to the right to development (4)

It argued that the author could have filed a constitutional complaint pursuant to article 79 (1) of the new Polish Constitution of 2 April 1997.

65. In the absence of a permanent independent prosecutorial office, a case could only be brought before a court on complaint from a State party or the Security Council.

A difficulty would arise where a State party which wished to initiate a complaint in relation to a number of offences had not accepted the jurisdiction of a court in relation to all those offences.

As a United States citizen, she regretted having to complain about the island's contamination as a result of United States Navy exercises for six decades.

It further stated that citizens have a right to petition regardless of its content.

Procedural issues Exhaustion of domestic remedies, abuse of right of submission

Sami filed a police report.

3.4 The authors also refer to decisions of the European Court of Human Rights that recognize the right of a potential victim to bring a claim against alleged human rights violation.

The Committee had adopted final decisions on the merits with respect to 111 complaints and found violations of the Convention in 32 of them.

A member shall not take part in the examination of a complaint by the Committee or its subsidiary body

If, for any reason, a member considers that he she should not take part or continue to take part in the examination of a complaint, he she shall inform the Chairman of his her withdrawal.

However, for the general public, unless they have a complaint against a Government employee or Department, there is no such body like a Human Rights Commission where complaints can be made.

Last year, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, which the U.N. is helping Cambodia take on, started, and I decided that as a matter of record I should file a Civil Complaint with the Tribunal about my father's passing away.

Sami filed a report against Layla.

He filed a formal complaint of abduction with us, do you understand? After receiving a formal complaint we are responsible for conducting an investigation.

(i) Article 1 of the Act on the Right of Petition, which provides

On 5 November 1997, following a new complaint to the Rector of the Institute alleging the infringement of their rights, the students' parents were convoked in Tashkent.

Overall, 56 complaints remained pending for consideration.

He refers to various annual Ombudsman reports, including the 2001 2002 report, in which 699 complaints were made and only one was investigated and sustained.

The number of individual complaints received has more than tripled in the past five years (from fewer than 1,000 complaints in 1997 to more than 3,500 in 2001 and over 5,000 in 2004).

The authors' petition commingles several theories.

Since the right to equitable remuneration for work performed by prisoners could only be derived from article 26, the subject matter of the author's complaint fell outside the Committee's competence.

As to the possibility of filing a complaint with the prison manager or the Minister, he submits that it is unrealistic to expect a prisoner to complain to those who hold him in custody.

A woman who was reportedly raped on 2 October said that a Bashingantahe settled the rape case and she accepted a payment from the perpetrator in exchange for not registering a complaint.