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Adriaan Rudolph Fondse
(Also - Administrator: International Constitutional Tribunal for World Peace -2014)
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Writ: Writ number: 0004SA
Date: On this day of the 26 September, in the year of the Lord 2021.
Matter: Notice of Liability; Cease & Desist regarding the COVID-19 plandemic transgression.
Case description key words: Global and Local Anti-Human activities that; -
(1) Defeats and/or Obstructs the course of Justice through;
(2) Forgery and Uttering,
(3) Fraud,
(4) Theft by false pretences,
(5) Theft,
(6) Robbery,
(7) Racketeering,
(8) Assault,
(9) Culpable homicide,
(10) Murder,
(11) High Treason.
(12) Crimes against Humanity, {Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC),
attached in Annexure 01} including DEMOCIDE 1 and MENTICIDE 2
(13) United Nations Regulations.
1 The killing of members of a country's civilian population(s) as a result of Illegal government policy, formulated by
interest- and/or pressure groups, that may include direct action such as genocide (mass murder) politicide (intentionally and knowingly reckless or depraved disregard of life – per example forced mass starvation) or, indifference, and/or neglect. Ref. R.J Rummel
2 The destruction or undermining of a person's mental independence in order to alter his or her beliefs through neurological linguistic programming. (Commonly referred to as “Brainwashing had a more 'flesh-and-blood' quality than a more clinical alternative, 'menticide,' which means murder of the mind.”) – Collins Dictionary.
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(a) Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948
(General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all
peoples and all nations. Annexure 02
(b) Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment. Resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984, entry into force 26 June 1987, in
accordance with article 27 (1). Annexure 03
The above Common Law transgressions definitions is attached in Annexure 04. In the event of
such transgressions not being prosecuted, it is prima faci evidence of gross malfeasants and/or
transgressions in terms of Section 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19 , 20, 21 & 34, 35, 36
and 37 of the Prevention and Combatting of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004 stipulating the
Fiduciary duties of all governmental and corporation management to report and act against
common law transgressions in terms of the Constitution of South Africa as the Supreme Law read
together with the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, Act No. 3 of 2000.
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The Parties:
1. The peoples of South Africa &
2. Africa and
3. The World
Commander-in-Chief of, United States Armed Forces
Commander-in-Chief of, Federation Command Forces & Allied Forces
DR. REINER FUELLMICH, RECHTSANWALTSKANZLEI,
Of whom the flesh is alive with their blood flows in living sovereign beings; -
o Who asked for remedy &
o Requires maintenance and care &
o Where nothing exists that may block access between them and the divinity.
Refer to Annexure 05; -
Versus
4. The illegitimate corporate President of South Africa, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa,
and former Presidents whether in life or not, their Foundations & Trust ex officio and in
personam.
5. The illegitimate members of the corporate Parliament of South Africa, inclusive of current-
& former Members and Ministers whether in life or not, their Foundations & Trust ex officio
and in personam.
6. The Judiciary of South Africa,
a) Constitutional Court, all Judges, Registrars & Prosecutors ex Officio and in personam
b) Supreme Court of Appeal, all Judges, Registrars & Prosecutors ex officio and in
personam
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c) The High Courts, all Judges, Registrars & Prosecutors ex officio and in personam
7. All corporations, South African Reserve Bank, Banks, Insurance Companies, Hospitals
(private or state owned), entities and persons who administer COVID-19 untested and
uncertified vaccines ex officio and in personam.
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“Notice of unlimited Liability and Cease & Desist regarding the COVID-19
PLANDEMIC transgressions.”
We, the people of South Africa, Africa and the World denies that; -
1. That any and all of the officials appointed was by democratic purposes and has attempted to
put an end to the Criminal, Corrupt and Illegal activities pursued by the Shadow
Government enthroned in the institution known as the Government of the Republic of South
Africa, together with various national-, international corporations, or persons aligned with an
illegal shadow government entity called “REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA - CIK#:
0000932419” listed on the New York Stock exchange. 3
2. We deny that all the parties listed, directly or indirectly has acted in good faith, which lack
thereof warrants this “Notice of Liability; Cease & Desist” the COVID-19 PLANDEMIC
transgressions and restrictions imposed.
3. We deny any diligent care as a promise 4, fulfilling their oaths of office, undertook with full
knowledge of the acts committed as the evidence shows, had knowingly and purposefully
chosen to ignore the limitations enforced by the oaths taken and to apply the rule of law
diligently as required from the official and to act at all times in the best interest of the people
of the Republic of South Africa according to its Judicial, Legislative and Executive design
confirmed by democratic processes.
An oath is defined as:
3 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA - CIK#: 0000932419
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Johan Rupert Deputy CEO: - Nicky Oppenheimer Chief Operating Officer (COO): - Steven Kosseff Chief Financial Officer (CFO): - Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan Spokesperson: =- Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa Chief Whip: - Julius Malema
Board of Directors: Chairperson: - Lord Renwick Deputy Chair: - George Soros Financial Director: - Lesetja Company Secretary: John Oosthuizen
Member; - Bill Gates, Malinda Gates; World Health Organisation (WHO), ANC Veterans, ANC National Executive Committee (NEC), Democratic Alliance (DA), ANC Ministers, Economic Freedom Fund (EFF).
4 A written or oral declaration given in exchange for something of value that binds the maker to do, or forbear from, a certain specific act and gives to the person to whom the declaration is made the right to expect and enforce performance or forbearance. An undertaking that something will or will not occur. It is a manifestation of intent to act, or refrain from acting, in a certain manner.
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3.1. Collins Dictionary: “In a court of law, when someone takes the oath, they make a formal
promise to tell the truth.”
3.2. This formal promise is a promise to be loyal to a person or country; for example, the
President of the Republic swore an oath promising to uphold and protect the country's
laws and constitution. He took an oath of loyalty to the people in terms of Section 48
of the Constitution, read together with Schedule 2.
4. We deny that the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, as represented to the
living people of the land has been drafted utilising democratic principles by design and
denies the possibility of ingenious oversight of whatever nature, utilising corporate and
maritime law principles as its basis, thereby excluding the Divine and unalienable sovereign
rights of the living man and woman.
5. We deny that the above was not affected by deceit and fraud, being incorporated as a
commodity in the legislation framework to be utilised, acted upon and controlled by said
corporate and maritime law principles. The latter which in itself and by its very nature,
favour state-capture activities as a means of self-enrichment and profit enhancement
with assumed complete impunity and eschewing and negating the Divine rights
enshrined in the Bill of Rights, all based on the propagation of the fraud.
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6. We deny that it would have been possible if a pandemic has existed that the PPE’s could
have being imported approximately a year prior the announcement of the
PLANDEMIC, by family members and business interest of senior parliamentarians to sold
same onto State Departments and Business up to an beyond a 1000% return on investment).
7. We deny that the COVID-19 program was not a PLANDEMIC orchestrated for robbery of
the world’s wealth and assets through planned democide and genocide. Refer to
Annexure 06.
The real intent is demonstrated by the verbatim minute of video recording of a Video
Conference addressed by President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, annexed as Annexure 07.
8. We deny that the application of the “State of Emergency” in terms of section 37 of the
Constitution as well as the “State of Disaster” that has been declared since 26 March
2020 and the “Lockdown” that was and is legal since the majority of the said laws were
repealed during 2014. Therefore, we deny the legality of “Lockdown” enforcement as
propagated in terms of the Disaster Management Act, No. 57 of 2002, and that it was not for
the exclusive purposes of advancing deep state activities which included false propaganda
and false science.
9. We deny that “State of Emergency” allowed for Section 37 of the Constitution predicates
circumstances emanating from external, criminal, fraudulent, corruptive and other
nefarious activities intent on destabilisation of the country and allow for procedures and
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mechanisms to curb or suppress such action. We deny that it is meant to be used to protect
the activities of criminal syndicates operating from within the borders of South Africa and the
government structures of South Africa, and that it curbs the corporate/maritime law principles
that facilitate and promote criminal action leaving the people vulnerable without redress at
the mercy of the criminals.
10. We, the People/men and women of South Africa, Africa and the World DENIES ANY
RIGHT AND/OR SCIENTIFIC PROOF OR EVEN A LOGIC DEDUCTION THAT
SUPPORTS THE CRIMINAL ACTION PERPETRATED ONTO THE
POPULATION OF SOUTH AFRICA, AFRICA AND THE WORLD, and bring to your
immediate attention, Notice of Unlimited Liability and hence order you to cease and desist,
ALL, the Genocidal and Democidal Crimes against Humanity under Natural Law, Common
Law, Treaty Law, Articles 6 and 7 of the International Criminal Court Statute, the Nuremberg
Code, The Geneva Convention, The United Nations Convention, The United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in our jurisdiction and orders; -
10.1 Immediate termination of all Covid19/coronavirus19- vaccinations and experimentation
(genetic bio-warfare) nationally or the promotion thereof via false media statements
released as Neuro-Linguistic Programming. (Section 12 of the constitution of South
Africa – Freedom and security of the person)
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10.2 Immediate termination of all PCR Testing (Nationally, Internationally & Foreign),
10.3 Immediate termination of all Masking (private and public spaces, all transportations by
land, water, and sea- Nationally, Internationally & Foreign),
10.4 Termination of all Lockdowns (Nationally, Internationally & Foreign),
10.5 Termination of all Quarantines (Nationally, Internationally & Foreign),
10.6 Termination of all closures of Provincial/States and Territorial (boundaries),
10.7 Termination of all closures of International Borders.
10.8 Immediate issue of protection orders against all assets of all the Parliamentarians and
the Judicial Services, Corporations (Banks, Insurance companies and Medical
Practitioners and distributors of PPE’s) who did not apply science form source, but
applied google science and thus have failed the People of South Africa in terms of the
oaths administered and pronounced accepted by them.
10.9 To immediate issue protection orders against all persons, trusts, corporations ex officio
and in personam involved with the formulation and establishment of REPUBLIC OF
SOUTH AFRICA - CIK#: 0000932419 being involved with the planning and execution
of the COVID-19 PLANDEMIC.
11. We deny that any better advisor who has participated as advisor to any governmental function
had better informed knowledge about the PLANDEMIC, as those demonstrated by the
signatories of the Barrington Declaration, describing preventative and proper protocols of
treatment as suggested by Professor Hud
12. Termination of installing and operating of all 5G TOWERS and apparatus. Refer to
Annexure 08 & 09
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In Summary
This serves as your lawful notice of Unlimited Liability and to cease and desist all matters
illuminated above, effective immediately.
Furthermore, we declare all of South Africa OPEN including all Borders, upon publication of this
Writ representing the overwhelming majority of the people of South Africa.
Please be advised that; -
i) Joseph (Joe) Biden is not President of US, and the US Armed Forces has been in control since
January 14, 2021.
ii) An email from the Commander -in-Chief of US Armed Forces has been sent to the
Armed Forces of Canada, May 27, 2021, acknowledging and confirming the Authority
of, HRH Queen Lady Romana Didulo, as Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of
the Republic of Canada, Head of Government of Canada, and Queen of Canada.
iii) For Global Peace and Prosperity only. Endorsed by, HRH Queen Lady Romana
Didulo, Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of Canada, Head of
Government of Canada, Queen of Canada. ~Transitioning from Democratic
Government to Republic Government~
The People will Govern themselves accordingly.
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Annexure 00 (Index to Attachments)
Ann. Detail P
01 Crimes against Humanity, {Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)}
02 Declaration of Human Rights by the Gen. Assembly. in Paris on 10 December 1948,
Resolution 217 A
03 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment. Resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984, entry into force 26 June 1987, in
accordance with article 27 (1)
04 Common Law transgressions definitions
05 Representation of the majority of people in South Africa and Africa.
06 Sovereign Independent paper – June 2011
“Depopulation Trough Forced Vaccination. The Zero Carbon Solution.
07 verbatim minute of video recording of a Video Conference addressed by President
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa
08 5G Technology and Induction of Corona Virus in the skein cells
09 5G Radiation beyond all safety limits in Pretoria
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Annexure 01
Crime against humanity, (international criminal law an offense in international criminal law), adopted in
the Charter of the International Military Tribunal (Nürnberg Charter), which tried surviving Nazi leaders
in 1945, and was, in 1998, incorporated into the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Crimes against humanity consist of various acts—murder, extermination, enslavement, torture, forcible
transfers of populations, imprisonment, rape, persecution, enforced disappearance, and apartheid, among
others—when, according to the ICC, those are “committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack
directed against any civilian population.”
Article 7 - Crimes against humanity
1. For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when
committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with
knowledge of the attack:
a. Murder;
b. Extermination;
c. Enslavement;
d. Deportation or forcible transfer of population;
e. Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of
international law;
f. Torture;
g. Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other
form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
h. Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic,
cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3, or other grounds that are universally
recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this
paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;
i. Enforced disappearance of persons;
j. The crime of apartheid;
k. Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury
to body or to mental or physical health.
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
a. "Attack directed against any civilian population" means a course of conduct involving the multiple
commission of acts referred to in paragraph 1 against any civilian population, pursuant to or in
furtherance of a State or organizational policy to commit such attack;
b. "Extermination" includes the intentional infliction of conditions of life, inter alia the deprivation
of access to food and medicine, calculated to bring about the destruction of part of a population;
c. "Enslavement" means the exercise of any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership
over a person and includes the exercise of such power in the course of trafficking in persons, in
particular women and children;
d. "Deportation or forcible transfer of population" means forced displacement of the persons
concerned by expulsion or other coercive acts from the area in which they are lawfully present,
without grounds permitted under international law;
e. "Torture" means the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental,
upon a person in the custody or under the control of the accused; except that torture shall not
include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to, lawful sanctions;
f. "Forced pregnancy" means the unlawful confinement of a woman forcibly made pregnant, with
the intent of affecting the ethnic composition of any population or carrying out other grave
violations of international law. This definition shall not in any way be interpreted as affecting
national laws relating to pregnancy;
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g. "Persecution" means the intentional and severe deprivation of fundamental rights contrary to
international law by reason of the identity of the group or collectively;
h. "The crime of apartheid" means inhumane acts of a character similar to those referred to in
paragraph 1, committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and
domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the
intention of maintaining that regime;
i. "Enforced disappearance of persons" means the arrest, detention or abduction of persons by, or
with the authorization, support or acquiescence of, a State or a political organization, followed by
a refusal to acknowledge that deprivation of freedom or to give information on the fate or
whereabouts of those persons, with the intention of removing them from the protection of the law
for a prolonged period of time.
3. For the purpose of this Statute, it is understood that the term "gender" refers to the two sexes, male and
female, within the context of society. The term "gender" does not indicate any meaning different from
the above.
Article 8[^2] - War crimes
1. The Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes in particular when committed as part of a
plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes.
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
a. Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts
against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
i. Wilful killing;
ii. Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments;
iii. Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health;
iv. Extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and
carried out unlawfully and wantonly;
v. Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile
Power;
vi. Wilfully depriving a prisoner of war or other protected person of the rights of fair and
regular trial;
vii. Unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement;
viii. Taking of hostages.
b. Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within
the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
i. Intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population as such or against individual
civilians not taking direct part in hostilities;
ii. Intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects, that is, objects which are not military
objectives;
iii. Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles
involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission in accordance with the
Charter of the United Nations, as long as they are entitled to the protection given to civilians
or civilian objects under the international law of armed conflict;
iv. Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental
loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects or widespread, long-term and
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severe damage to the natural environment which would be clearly excessive in relation to
the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated;
v. Attacking or bombarding, by whatever means, towns, villages, dwellings or buildings
which are undefended and which are not military objectives;
vi. Killing or wounding a combatant who, having laid down his arms or having no longer
means of defence, has surrendered at discretion;
vii. Making improper use of a flag of truce, of the flag or of the military insignia and uniform
of the enemy or of the United Nations, as well as of the distinctive emblems of the Geneva
Conventions, resulting in death or serious personal injury;
viii. The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian
population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the
population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory;
ix. Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art,
science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals and places where the sick
and wounded are collected, provided they are not military objectives;
x. Subjecting persons who are in the power of an adverse party to physical mutilation or to
medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are neither justified by the medical,
dental or hospital treatment of the person concerned nor carried out in his or her interest,
and which cause death to or seriously endanger the health of such person or persons;
xi. Killing or wounding treacherously individuals belonging to the hostile nation or army;
xii. Declaring that no quarter will be given;
xiii. Destroying or seizing the enemy's property unless such destruction or seizure be
imperatively demanded by the necessities of war;
xiv. Declaring abolished, suspended or inadmissible in a court of law the rights and actions of
the nationals of the hostile party;
xv. Compelling the nationals of the hostile party to take part in the operations of war directed
against their own country, even if they were in the belligerent's service before the
commencement of the war;
xvi. Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault;
xvii. Employing poison or poisoned weapons;
xviii. Employing asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and all analogous liquids, materials or
devices;
xix. Employing bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, such as bullets with
a hard envelope which does not entirely cover the core or is pierced with incisions;
xx. Employing weapons, projectiles and material and methods of warfare which are of a nature
to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering or which are inherently indiscriminate
in violation of the international law of armed conflict, provided that such weapons,
projectiles and material and methods of warfare are the subject of a comprehensive
prohibition and are included in an annex to this Statute, by an amendment in accordance
with the relevant provisions set forth in articles 121 and 123;
xxi. Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading
treatment;
xxii. Committing rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, as defined in
article 7, paragraph 2 (f), enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence also
constituting a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions;
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xxiii. Utilizing the presence of a civilian or other protected person to render certain points, areas
or military forces immune from military operations;
xxiv. Intentionally directing attacks against buildings, material, medical units and transport, and
personnel using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions in conformity with
international law;
xxv. Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of
objects indispensable to their survival, including wilfully impeding relief supplies as
provided for under the Geneva Conventions;
xxvi. Conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen years into the national armed
forces or using them to participate actively in hostilities.
c. In the case of an armed conflict not of an international character, serious violations of article 3
common to the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts
committed against persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed
forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds,
detention or any other cause:
i. Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment
and torture;
ii. Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading
treatment;
iii. Taking of hostages;
iv. The passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgement
pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all judicial guarantees which are
generally recognized as indispensable.
d. Paragraph 2 (c) applies to armed conflicts not of an international character and thus does not apply
to situations of internal disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of
violence or other acts of a similar nature.
e. Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflicts not of an
international character, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the
following acts:
i. Intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population as such or against individual
civilians not taking direct part in hostilities;
ii. Intentionally directing attacks against buildings, material, medical units and transport, and
personnel using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions in conformity with
international law;
iii. Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles
involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission in accordance with the
Charter of the United Nations, as long as they are entitled to the protection given to civilians
or civilian objects under the international law of armed conflict;
iv. Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art,
science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals and places where the sick
and wounded are collected, provided they are not military objectives;
v. Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault;
vi. Committing rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, as defined in
article 7, paragraph 2 (f), enforced sterilization, and any other form of sexual violence also
constituting a serious violation of article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions;
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vii. Conscripting or enlisting children under the age of fifteen years into armed forces or groups
or using them to participate actively in hostilities;
viii. Ordering the displacement of the civilian population for reasons related to the conflict,
unless the security of the civilians involved or imperative military reasons so demand;
ix. Killing or wounding treacherously a combatant adversary;
x. Declaring that no quarter will be given;
xi. Subjecting persons who are in the power of another party to the conflict to physical
mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are neither justified
by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person concerned nor carried out in his
or her interest, and which cause death to or seriously endanger the health of such person or
persons;
xii. Destroying or seizing the property of an adversary unless such destruction or seizure be
imperatively demanded by the necessities of the conflict;
xiii. Employing poison or poisoned weapons;
xiv. Employing asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and all analogous liquids, materials or
devices;
xv. Employing bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, such as bullets with
a hard envelope which does not entirely cover the core or is pierced with incisions.
f. Paragraph 2 (e) applies to armed conflicts not of an international character and thus does not apply
to situations of internal disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of
violence or other acts of a similar nature. It applies to armed conflicts that take place in the territory
of a State when there is protracted armed conflict between governmental authorities and organized
armed groups or between such groups.
3. Nothing in paragraph 2 (c) and (e) shall affect the responsibility of a Government to maintain or re-
establish law and order in the State or to defend the unity and territorial integrity of the State, by all
legitimate means.
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Annexure 02
A. THE INTERNATIONAL BILL OF HUMAN RIGHTS
1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights -Adopted and proclaimed by General
Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948
PREAMBLE
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the
human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the
conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech
and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common
people,
Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against
tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,
Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human
rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have
determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the
promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full
realization of this pledge,
Now, therefore,
The General Assembly, Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of
achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society,
keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for
these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal
and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among
the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and
conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any
kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin,
property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political,
jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be
independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
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Article 4
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 6
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Article 7
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All
are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any
incitement to such discrimination.
Article 8
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the
fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
Article 9
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
Article 10
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal,
in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
Article 11
1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty
according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
2. No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not
constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor
shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was
committed.
Article 12
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor
to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such
interference or attacks.
Article 13
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Article 14
1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
2. This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or
from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
Article 15
1. Everyone has the right to a nationality.
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2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality
Article 16
1. Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right
to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and
at its dissolution.
2. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
3. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society
and the State.
Article 17
1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
Article 18
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change
his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to
manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Article 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions
without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and
regardless of frontiers.
Article 20
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
2. No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
Article 21
1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen
representatives.
2. Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country.
3. The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in
periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by
secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
Article 22
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through
national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each
State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of
his personality.
Article 23
1. Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of
work and to protection against unemployment.
2. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
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3. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his
family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social
protection.
4. Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
Article 24
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic
holidays with pay.
Article 25
1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of
his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the
right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack
of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
2. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in
or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
Article 26
1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental
stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be
made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
2. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening
of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and
friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United
Nations for the maintenance of peace.
3. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
Article 27
1. Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and
to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific,
literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
Article 28 Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this
Declaration can be fully realized.
Article 29 1. Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality
is possible.
2. In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are
determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and
freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general
welfare in a democratic society.
3. These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the
United Nations.
Article 30 Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to
engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set
forth herein.
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2. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Adopted and
opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200 A
(XXI) of 16 December 1966
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 3 JANUARY 1976, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 27
PREAMBLE
The States Parties to the present Covenant, considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed
in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable
rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Recognizing that these rights derive from the inherent dignity of the human person, Recognizing that, in
accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ideal of free human beings enjoying
freedom from fear and want can only be achieved if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy
his economic, social and cultural rights, as well as his civil and political rights,
Considering the obligation of States under the Charter of the United Nations to promote universal respect
for, and observance of, human rights and freedoms, Realizing that the individual, having duties to other
individuals and to the community to which he belongs, is under a responsibility to strive for the promotion
and observance of the rights recognized in the present Covenant, Agree upon the following articles:
PART I
Article 1
1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their
political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
2. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources without
prejudice to any obligations arising out of international economic co-operation, based upon the
principle of mutual benefit, and international law. In no case may a people be deprived of its own
means of subsistence.
3.` The States Parties to the present Covenant, including those having responsibility for the administration
of Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories, shall promote the realization of the right of self-
determination, and shall respect that right, in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the
United Nations.
PART II
Article 2
1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to take steps, individually and through
international assistance and co-operation, especially economic and technical, to the maximum of its
available resources, with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the rights recognized
in the present Covenant by all appropriate means, including particularly the adoption of legislative
measures.
2. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to guarantee that the rights enunciated in the
present Covenant will be exercised without discrimination of any kind as to race, colour, sex, language,
religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
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3. Developing countries, with due regard to human rights and their national economy, may determine to
what extent they would guarantee the economic rights recognized in the present Covenant to non-
nationals.
Article 3
The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensure the equal right of men and women to the
enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights set forth in the present Covenant.
Article 4
The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize that, in the enjoyment of those rights provided by the
State in conformity with the present Covenant, the State may subject such rights only to such limitations as
are determined by law only in so far as this may be compatible with the nature of these rights and solely
for the purpose of promoting the general welfare in a democratic society.
Article 5
1. Nothing in the present Covenant may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any
right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights or
freedoms recognized herein, or at their limitation to a greater extent than is provided for in the present
Covenant.
2. No restriction upon or derogation from any of the fundamental human rights recognized or existing in
any country in virtue of law, conventions, regulations or custom shall be admitted on the pretext that
the present Covenant does not recognize such rights or that it recognizes them to a lesser extent.
PART III
Article 6
1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right to work, which includes the right of
everyone to the opportunity to gain his living by work which he freely chooses or accepts, and will
take appropriate steps to safeguard this right.
2. The steps to be taken by a State Party to the present Covenant to achieve the full realization of this
right shall include technical and vocational guidance and training programmes, policies and techniques
to achieve steady economic, social and cultural development and full and productive employment
under conditions safeguarding fundamental political and economic freedoms to the individual.
Article 7
The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of just and
favourable conditions of work which ensure, in particular: -
(a) Remuneration which provides all workers, as a minimum, with:
(i) Fair wages and equal remuneration for work of equal value without distinction of any kind, in
particular women being guaranteed conditions of work not inferior to those enjoyed by men, with
equal pay for equal work;
(ii) A decent living for themselves and their families in accordance with the provisions of the present
Covenant;
(b) Safe and healthy working conditions;
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(c) Equal opportunity for everyone to be promoted in his employment to an appropriate higher level,
subject to no considerations other than those of seniority and competence;
(d) Rest, leisure and reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay, as well as
remuneration for public holidays
Article 8
1. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensure: -
(a) The right of everyone to form trade unions and join the trade union of his choice, subject only to
the rules of the organization concerned, for the promotion and protection of his economic and
social interests. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this right other than those
prescribed by law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national
security or public order or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others;
(b) The right of trade unions to establish national federations or confederations and the right of the
latter to form or join international trade-union organizations;
(c) The right of trade unions to function freely subject to no limitations other than those prescribed by
law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public
order or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others;
(d) The right to strike, provided that it is exercised in conformity with the laws of the particular
country.
2. This article shall not prevent the imposition of lawful restrictions on the exercise of these rights by
members of the armed forces or of the police or of the administration of the State.
3. Nothing in this article shall authorize States Parties to the International Labour Organisation
Convention of 1948 concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise to
take legislative measures which would prejudice, or apply the law in such a manner as would prejudice,
the guarantees provided for in that Convention.
Article 9
The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to social security, including
social insurance.
Article 10
The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize that: -
1. The widest possible protection and assistance should be accorded to the family, which is the natural
and fundamental group unit of society, particularly for its establishment and while it is responsible for
the care and education of dependent children. Marriage must be entered into with the free consent of
the intending spouses.
2. Special protection should be accorded to mothers during a reasonable period before and after childbirth.
During such period working mothers should be accorded paid leave or leave with adequate social
security benefits.
3. Special measures of protection and assistance should be taken on behalf of all children and young
persons without any discrimination for reasons of parentage or other conditions. Children and young
persons should be protected from economic and social exploitation. Their employment in work harmful
to their morals or health or dangerous to life or likely to hamper their normal development should be
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punishable by law. States should also set age limits below which the paid employment of child labour
should be prohibited and punishable by law.
Article 11
1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of
living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous
improvement of living conditions. The States Parties will take appropriate steps to ensure the
realization of this right, recognizing to this effect the essential importance of international co-operation
based on free consent.
2. The States Parties to the present Covenant, recognizing the fundamental right of everyone to be free
from hunger, shall take, individually and through international co-operation, the measures, including
specific programmes, which are needed:
(a) To improve methods of production, conservation and distribution of food by making full use of
technical and scientific knowledge, by disseminating knowledge of the principles of nutrition and
by developing or reforming agrarian systems in such a way as to achieve the most efficient
development and utilization of natural resources;
(b) Taking into account the problems of both food-importing and food exporting countries, to ensure
an equitable distribution of world food supplies in relation to need.
Article 12
1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
2. The steps to be taken by the States Parties to the present Covenant to achieve the full realization of
this right shall include those necessary for: -
(a) The provision for the reduction of the stillbirth-rate and of infant mortality and for the healthy
development of the child;
(b) The improvement of all aspects of environmental and industrial hygiene;
(c) The prevention, treatment and control of epidemic, endemic, occupational and other diseases;
(d) The creation of conditions which would assure to all medical service and medical attention in the
event of sickness.
Article 13
1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to education. They agree
that education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and the sense of its
dignity, and shall strengthen the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. They further
agree that education shall enable all persons to participate effectively in a free society, promote
understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations and all racial, ethnic or religious groups, and
further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
2. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize that, with a view to achieving the full realization
of this right: -
(a) Primary education shall be compulsory and available free to all;
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(b) Secondary education in its different forms, including technical and vocational secondary
education, shall be made generally available and accessible to all by every appropriate means, and
in particular by the progressive introduction of free education;
(c) Higher education shall be made equally accessible to all, on the basis of capacity, by every
appropriate means, and in particular by the progressive introduction of free education;
(d) Fundamental education shall be encouraged or intensified as far as possible for those persons who
have not received or completed the whole period of their primary education;
(e) The development of a system of schools at all levels shall be actively pursued, an adequate
fellowship system shall be established, and the material conditions of teaching staff shall be
continuously improved.
3. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents and,
when applicable, legal guardians to choose for their children schools, other than those established by
the public authorities, which conform to such minimum educational standards as may be laid down or
approved by the State and to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity
with their own convictions.
4. No part of this article shall be construed so as to interfere with the liberty of individuals and bodies to
establish and direct educational institutions, subject always to the observance of the principles set forth
in paragraph 1 of this article and to the requirement that the education given in such institutions shall
conform to such minimum standards as may be laid down by the State.
Article 14
Each State Party to the present Covenant which, at the time of becoming a Party, has not been able to secure
in its metropolitan territory or other territories under its jurisdiction compulsory primary education, free of
charge, undertakes, within two years, to work out and adopt a detailed plan of action for the progressive
implementation, within a reasonable number of years, to be fixed in the plan, of the principle of compulsory
education free of charge for all.
Article 15
1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone:
(a) To take part in cultural life;
(b) To enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications;
(c) To benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific,
literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
2. The steps to be taken by the States Parties to the present Covenant to achieve the full realization of this
right shall include those necessary for the conservation, the development and the diffusion of science
and culture.
3. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to respect the freedom indispensable for scientific
research and creative activity.
4. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the benefits to be derived from the encouragement
and development of international contacts and cooperation in the scientific and cultural fields.
PART IV
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Article 16
1. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to submit in conformity with this part of the
Covenant reports on the measures which they have adopted and the progress made in achieving the
observance of the rights recognized herein.
2. (a) All reports shall be submitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall transmit
copies to the Economic and Social Council for consideration in accordance with the provisions of
the present Covenant;
(b) The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall also transmit to the specialized agencies copies
of the reports, or any relevant parts therefrom, from States Parties to the present Covenant which
are also members of these specialized agencies in so far as these reports, or parts therefrom, relate
to any matters which fall within the responsibilities of the said agencies in accordance with their
constitutional instruments.
Article 17
1. The States Parties to the present Covenant shall furnish their reports in stages, in accordance with a
programme to be established by the Economic and Social Council within one year of the entry into
force of the present Covenant after consultation with the States Parties and the specialized agencies
concerned.
2. Reports may indicate factors and difficulties affecting the degree of fulfilment of obligations under
the present Covenant.
3. Where relevant information has previously been furnished to the United Nations or to any specialized
agency by any State Party to the present Covenant, it will not be necessary to reproduce that
information, but a precise reference to the information so furnished will suffice.
Article 18
Pursuant to its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations in the field of human rights and
fundamental freedoms, the Economic and Social Council may make arrangements with the specialized
agencies in respect of their reporting to it on the progress made in achieving the observance of the provisions
of the present Covenant falling within the scope of their activities. These reports may include particulars
of decisions and recommendations on such implementation adopted by their competent organs.
Article 19
The Economic and Social Council may transmit to the Commission on Human Rights for study and general
recommendation or, as appropriate, for information the reports concerning human rights submitted by
States in accordance with articles 16 and 17, and those concerning human rights submitted by the
specialized agencies in accordance with article 18.
Article 20
The States Parties to the present Covenant and the specialized agencies concerned may submit comments
to the Economic and Social Council on any general recommendation under article 19 or reference to such
general recommendation in any report of the Commission on Human Rights or any documentation referred
to therein.
Article 21
The Economic and Social Council may submit from time to time to the General Assembly reports with
recommendations of a general nature and a summary of the information received from the States Parties to
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the present Covenant and the specialized agencies on the measures taken and the progress made in achieving
general observance of the rights recognized in the present Covenant.
Article 22
The Economic and Social Council may bring to the attention of other organs of the United Nations, their
subsidiary organs and specialized agencies concerned with furnishing technical assistance any matters
arising out of the reports referred to in this part of the present Covenant which may assist such bodies in
deciding, each within its field of competence, on the advisability of international measures likely to
contribute to the effective progressive implementation of the present Covenant.
Article 23
The States Parties to the present Covenant agree that international action for the achievement of the rights
recognized in the present Covenant includes such methods as the conclusion of conventions, the adoption
of recommendations, the furnishing of technical assistance and the holding of regional meetings and
technical meetings for the purpose of consultation and study organized in conjunction with the
Governments concerned.
Article 24
Nothing in the present Covenant shall be interpreted as impairing the provisions of the Charter of the United
Nations and of the constitutions of the specialized agencies which define the respective responsibilities of
the various organs of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies in regard to the matters dealt with
in the present Covenant.
Article 25
Nothing in the present Covenant shall be interpreted as impairing the inherent right of all peoples to enjoy
and utilize fully and freely their natural wealth and resources.
PART V
Article 26
1. The present Covenant is open for signature by any State Member of the United Nations or member of
any of its specialized agencies, by any State Party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice,
and by any other State which has been invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to
become a party to the present Covenant.
2. The present Covenant is subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
3. The present Covenant shall be open to accession by any State referred to in paragraph 1 of this article.
4. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of
the United Nations.
5. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States which have signed the present
Covenant or acceded to it of the deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession.
Article 27
1. The present Covenant shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit with the Secretary-
General of the United Nations of the thirty-fifth instrument of ratification or instrument of accession.
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2. For each State ratifying the present Covenant or acceding to it after the deposit of the thirty-fifth
instrument of ratification or instrument of accession, the present Covenant shall enter into force three
months after the date of the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or instrument of accession.
Article 28
The provisions of the present Covenant shall extend to all parts of federal States without any limitations or
exceptions.
Article 29
1. Any State Party to the present Covenant may propose an amendment and file it with the Secretary-
General of the United Nations. The Secretary-General shall thereupon communicate any proposed
amendments to the States Parties to the present Covenant with a request that they notify him whether
they favour a conference of States Parties for the purpose of considering and voting upon the proposals.
In the event that at least one third of the States Parties favours such a conference, the Secretary-General
shall convene the conference under the auspices of the United Nations. Any amendment adopted by a
majority of the States Parties present and voting at the conference shall be submitted to the General
Assembly of the United Nations for approval.
2. Amendments shall come into force when they have been approved by the General Assembly of the
United Nations and accepted by a two-thirds majority of the States Parties to the present Covenant in
accordance with their respective constitutional processes.
3. When amendments come into force they shall be binding on those States Parties which have accepted
them, other States Parties still being bound by the provisions of the present Covenant and any earlier
amendment which they have accepted.
Article 30 Irrespective of the notifications made under article 26, paragraph 5, the Secretary-General of the United
Nations shall inform all States referred to in paragraph 1 of the same article of the following particulars:
(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under article 26;
(b) The date of the entry into force of the present Covenant under article 27 and the date of th e entry into
force of any amendments under article 29.
Article 31 1. The present Covenant, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally
authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.
2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of the present Covenant to
all States referred to in article 26.
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3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly
resolution 2200 A (XXI) of 16 December 1966
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 23 MARCH 1976, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 49
PREAMBLE
The States Parties to the present Covenant, considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter
of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of
the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, recognizing that these rights derive
from the inherent dignity of the human person,
Recognizing that, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ideal of free human beings
enjoying civil and political freedom and freedom from fear and want can only be achieved if conditions are created
whereby everyone may enjoy his civil and political rights, as well as his economic, social and cultural rights,
Considering the obligation of States under the Charter of the United Nations to promote universal respect for, and
observance of, human rights and freedoms,
Realizing that the individual, having duties to other individuals and to the community to which he belongs, is under
a responsibility to strive for the promotion and observance of the rights recognized in the present Covenant, Agree
upon the following articles: -
PART I
Article 1 1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political
status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
2. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources without prejudice to
any obligations arising out of international economic co-operation, based upon the principle of mutual benefit,
and international law. In no case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence.
3. The States Parties to the present Covenant, including those having responsibility for the
administration of Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories, shall promote the realization of the
right of self-determination, and shall respect that right, in conformity with the provisions of the
Charter of the United Nations.
PART II
Article 2 1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to all individuals within
its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the present Covenant, without
distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion,
national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
2. Where not already provided for by existing legislative or other measures, each State Party to the present
Covenant undertakes to take the necessary steps, in accordance with its constitutional processes and
with the provisions of the present Covenant, to adopt such legislative or other measures as may be
necessary to give effect to the rights recognized in the present Covenant.
3. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes:
(a) To ensure that any person whose rights or freedoms as herein recognized are violated shall
have an effective remedy, notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons
acting in an official capacity;
(b) To ensure that any person claiming such a remedy shall have his right thereto determined
by competent judicial, administrative or legislative authorities, or by any other competent
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authority provided for by the legal system of the State, and to develop the possibilities of
judicial remedy;
(c) To ensure that the competent authorities shall enforce such remedies when granted.
Article 3 The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensure the equal right of men and women to the
enjoyment of all civil and political rights set forth in the present Covenant.
Article 4 1. In time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation and the existence of which is
officially proclaimed, the States Parties to the present Covenant may take measures derogating from
their obligations under the present Covenant to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the
situation, provided that such measures are not inconsistent with their other obligations under
international law and do not involve discrimination solely on the ground of race, colour, sex, language,
religion or social origin.
2. No derogation from articles 6, 7, 8 (paragraphs 1 and 2), 11, 15, 16 and 18 may be made under this
provision.
3. Any State Party to the present Covenant availing itself of the right of derogation shall immediately
inform the other States Parties to the present Covenant, through the intermediary of the Secretary-
General of the United Nations, of the provisions from which it has derogated and of the reasons by
which it was actuated. A further communication shall be made, through the same intermediary, on the
date on which it terminates such derogation.
Article 5 1. Nothing in the present Covenant may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any
right to engage in any activity or perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and
freedoms recognized herein or at their limitation to a greater extent than is provided for in the present
Covenant.
2. There shall be no restriction upon or derogation from any of the fundamental human rights recognized
or existing in any State Party to the present Covenant pursuant to law, conventions, regulations or
custom on the pretext that the present Covenant does not recognize such rights or that it recognizes
them to a lesser extent.
PART III
Article 6 1. Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be
arbitrarily deprived of his life.
2. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be imposed only for
the most serious crimes in accordance with the law in force at the time of the commission of the crime
and not contrary to the provisions of the present Covenant and to the Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This penalty can only be carried out pursuant to a final
judgement rendered by a competent court.
3. When deprivation of life constitutes the crime of genocide, it is understood that nothing in this article
shall authorize any State Party to the present Covenant to derogate in any way from any obligation
assumed under the provisions of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide.
4. Anyone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek pardon or commutation of the sentence.
Amnesty, pardon or commutation of the sentence of death may be granted in all cases.
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5. Sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age
and shall not be carried out on pregnant women.
6. Nothing in this article shall be invoked to delay or to prevent the abolition of capital punishment by
any State Party to the present Covenant.
Article 7 No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In
particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.
Article 8 1. No one shall be held in slavery; slavery and the slave-trade in all their forms shall be prohibited.
2. No one shall be held in servitude.
3. (a) No one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour;
(b) Paragraph 3(a) shall not be held to preclude, in countries where imprisonment with hard labour
may be imposed as a punishment for a crime, the performance of hard labour in pursuance of a
sentence to such punishment by a competent court;
(c) For the purpose of this paragraph the term “forced or compulsory labour” shall not include:
(i) Any work or service, not referred to in subparagraph (b), normally required of a person who
is under detention in consequence of a lawful order of a court, or of a person during conditional
release from such detention;
(ii) Any service of a military character and, in countries where conscientious objection is
recognized, any national service required by law of conscientious objectors;
(iii) Any service exacted in cases of emergency or calamity threatening the life or well-being of
the community;
(iv) Any work or service which forms part of normal civil obligations.
Article 9 1. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest
or detention. No one shall be deprived of his liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with
such procedure as are established by law.
2. Anyone who is arrested shall be informed, at the time of arrest, of the reasons for his arrest and shall
be promptly informed of any charges against him.
3. Anyone arrested or detained on a criminal charge shall be brought promptly before a judge or other
officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power and shall be entitled to trial within a reasonable
time or to release. It shall not be the general rule that persons awaiting trial shall be detained in
custody, but release may be subject to guarantees to appear for trial, at any other stage of the judicial
proceedings, and, should occasion arise, for execution of the judgement.
4. Anyone who is deprived of his liberty by arrest or detention shall be entitled to take proceedings before
a court, in order that that court may decide without delay on the lawfulness of his detention and order
his release if the detention is not lawful.
5. Anyone who has been the victim of unlawful arrest or detention shall have an enforceable right to
compensation.
Article 10 1. All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent
dignity of the human person.
2. (a) Accused persons shall, save in exceptional circumstances, be segregated from convicted persons
and shall be subject to separate treatment appropriate to their status as unconvict persons;
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(b) Accused juvenile persons shall be separated from adults and brought as speedily as possible for
adjudication.
3. The penitentiary system shall comprise treatment of prisoners the essential aim of which shall be their
reformation and social rehabilitation. Juvenile offenders shall be segregated from adults and be
accorded treatment appropriate to their age and legal status.
Article 11 No one shall be imprisoned merely on the ground of inability to fulfil a contractual obligation.
Article 12 1. Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of
movement and freedom to choose his residence.
2. Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including his own.
3. The above-mentioned rights shall not be subject to any restrictions except those which are provided by
law, are necessary to protect national security, public order (ordre public), public health or morals or
the rights and freedoms of others, and are consistent with the other rights recognized in the present
Covenant.
4. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country.
Article 13 An alien lawfully in the territory of a State Party to the present Covenant may be expelled therefrom only
in pursuance of a decision reached in accordance with law and shall, except where compelling reasons of
national security otherwise require, be allowed to submit the reasons against his expulsion and to have his
case reviewed by, and be represented for the purpose before, the competent authority or a person or persons
especially designated by the competent authority.
1. All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals. In the determination of any criminal charge
against him, or of his rights and obligations in a suit at law, everyone shall be entitled to a fair and
public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law. The press and
the public may be excluded from all or part of a trial for reasons of morals, public order (ordre public)
or national security in a democratic society, or when the interest of the private lives of the parties so
requires, or to the extent strictly necessary in the opinion of the court in special circumstances where
publicity would prejudice the interests of justice; but any judgement rendered in a criminal case or in
a suit at law shall be made public except where the interest of juvenile persons otherwise requires or
the proceedings concern matrimonial disputes or the guardianship of children.
2. Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall have the right to be presumed innocent until proved
guilty according to law.
3. In the determination of any criminal charge against him, everyone shall be entitled to the following
minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(a) To be informed promptly and in detail in a language which he understands of the nature and cause
of the charge against him;
(b) To have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defence and to communicate with
counsel of his own choosing;
(c) To be tried without undue delay;
(d) To be tried in his presence, and to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own
choosing; to be informed, if he does not have legal assistance, of this right; and to have legal
assistance assigned to him, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without
payment by him in any such case if he does not have sufficient means to pay for it;
(e) To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and
examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him;
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(f) To have the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand or speak the language used in
court;
(g) Not to be compelled to testify against himself or to confess guilt.
4. In the case of juvenile persons, the procedure shall be such as will take account of their age and the
desirability of promoting their rehabilitation.
5. Everyone convicted of a crime shall have the right to his conviction and sentence being reviewed by a
higher tribunal according to law.
6. When a person has by a final decision been convicted of a criminal offence and when subsequently his
conviction has been reversed or he has been pardoned on the ground that a new or newly discovered
fact shows conclusively that there has been a miscarriage of justice, the person who has suffered
punishment as a result of such conviction shall be compensated according to law, unless it is proved
that the non-disclosure of the unknown fact in time is wholly or partly attributable to him.
7. No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again for an offence for which he has already been finally
convicted or acquitted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of each country.
Article 15 1. No one shall be held guilty of any criminal offence on account of any act or omission which did not
constitute a criminal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed.
Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time when the criminal
offence was committed. If, subsequent to the commission of the offence, provision is made by law
for the imposition of the lighter penalty, the offender shall benefit thereby.
2. Nothing in this article shall prejudice the trial and punishment of any person for any act or omission
which, at the time when it was committed, was criminal according to the general principles of law
recognized by the community of nations.
Article 16 Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Article 17 1. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or
correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation.
2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Article 18 1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include
freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in
community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship,
observance, practice and teaching.
2. No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or
belief of his choice.
3. Freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed
by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and
freedoms of others.
4. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents and,
when applicable, legal guardians to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in
conformity with their own convictions.
Article 19 1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference.
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2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive
and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print,
in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice.
3. The exercise of the rights provided for in paragraph 2 of this article carries with it special duties and
responsibilities. It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are
provided by law and are necessary:
(a) For respect of the rights or reputations of others;
(b) For the protection of national security or of public order (ordre public), or of public health or
morals.
Article 20 1. Any propaganda for war shall be prohibited by law.
2. Any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination,
hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law.
Article 21 The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this
right other than those imposed in conformity with the law and which are necessary in a democratic society
in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public
health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
Article 22 1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of association with others, including the right to form and
join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
2. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this right other than those which are prescribed by law
and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety,
public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and
freedoms of others. This article shall not prevent the imposition of lawful restrictions on members of
the armed forces and of the police in their exercise of this right.
3. Nothing in this article shall authorize States Parties to the International Labour Organisation
Convention of 1948 concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise to
take legislative measures which would prejudice, or to apply the law in such a manner as to prejudice,
the guarantees provided for in that Convention.
Article 23 1. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society
and the State.
2. The right of men and women of marriageable age to marry and to found a family shall be recognized.
3. No marriage shall be entered into without the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
4. States Parties to the present Covenant shall take appropriate steps to ensure equality of rights and
responsibilities of spouses as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. In the case of
dissolution, provision shall be made for the necessary protection of any children.
Article 24 1. Every child shall have, without any discrimination as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, national
or social origin, property or birth, the right to such measures of protection as are required by his status
as a minor, on the part of his family, society and the State.
2. Every child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have a name.
3. Every child has the right to acquire a nationality.
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Article 25 Every citizen shall have the right and the opportunity, without any of the distinctions mentioned in article
2 and without unreasonable restrictions:
(a) To take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives;
(b) To vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage
and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors;
(c) To have access, on general terms of equality, to public service in his country.
Article 26 All persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of
the law. In this respect, the law shall prohibit any discrimination and guarantee to all persons equal and
effective protection against discrimination on any ground such as race, colour, sex, language, religion,
political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Article 27 In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities
shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own
culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language.
PART IV
Article 28 1. There shall be established a Human Rights Committee (hereafter referred to in the present Covenant
as the Committee). It shall consist of eighteen members and shall carry out the functions hereinafter
provided.
2. The Committee shall be composed of nationals of the States Parties to the present Covenant who shall
be persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights,
consideration being given to the usefulness of the participation of some persons having legal
experience.
3. The members of the Committee shall be elected and shall serve in their personal capacity.
Article 29 1. The members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot from a list of persons possessing the
qualifications prescribed in article 28 and nominated for the purpose by the States Parties to the present
Covenant.
2. Each State Party to the present Covenant may nominate not more than two persons. These persons
shall be nationals of the nominating State.
3. A person shall be eligible for renomination.
Article 30 1. The initial election shall be held no later than six months after the date of the entry into force of the
present Covenant.
2. At least four months before the date of each election to the Committee, other than an election to fill a
vacancy declared in accordance with article 34, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall
address a written invitation to the States Parties to the present Covenant to submit their nominations
for membership of the Committee within three months.
3. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall prepare a list in alphabetical order of all the persons
thus nominated, with an indication of the States Parties which have nominated them, and shall submit
it to the States Parties to the present Covenant no later than one month before the date of each election.
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4. Elections of the members of the Committee shall be held at a meeting of the States Parties to the present
Covenant convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations at the Headquarters of the United
Nations. At that meeting, for which two thirds of the States Parties to the present Covenant shall
constitute a quorum, the persons elected to the Committee shall be those nominees who obtain the
largest number of votes and an absolute majority of the votes of the representatives of States Parties
present and voting.
Article 31 1. The Committee may not include more than one national of the same State.
2. In the election of the Committee, consideration shall be given to equitable geographical distribution
of membership and to the representation of the different forms of civilization and of the principal legal
systems.
Article 32 1. The members of the Committee shall be elected for a term of four years. They shall be eligible for re-
election if renominated. However, the terms of nine of the members elected at the first election shall
expire at the end of two years; immediately after the first election, the names of these nine members
shall be chosen by lot by the Chairman of the meeting referred to in article 30, paragraph 4.
2. Elections at the expiry of office shall be held in accordance with the preceding articles of this part of
the present Covenant.
Article 33 1. If, in the unanimous opinion of the other members, a member of the Committee has ceased to carry out
his functions for any cause other than absence of a temporary character, the Chairman of the Committee
shall notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall then declare the seat of that member
to be vacant.
2. In the event of the death or the resignation of a member of the Committee, the Chairman shall
immediately notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall declare the seat vacant from
the date of death or the date on which the resignation takes effect.
Article 34 1. When a vacancy is declared in accordance with article 33 and if the term of office of the member to be
replaced does not expire within six months of the declaration of the vacancy, the Secretary-General of
the United Nations shall notify each of the States Parties to the present Covenant, which may within
two months submit nominations in accordance with article 29 for the purpose of filling the vacancy.
2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall prepare a list in alphabetical order of the persons
thus nominated and shall submit it to the States Parties to the present Covenant. The election to fill the
vacancy shall then take place in accordance with the relevant provisions of this part of the present
Covenant.
3. A member of the Committee elected to fill a vacancy declared in accordance with article 33 shall hold
office for the remainder of the term of the member who vacated the seat on the Committee under the
provisions of that article.
Article 35 The members of the Committee shall, with the approval of the General Assembly of the United Nations,
receive emoluments from United Nations resources on such terms and conditions as the General Assembly
may decide, having regard to the importance of the Committee’s responsibilities.
Article 36 The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall provide the necessary staff and facilities for the effective
performance of the functions of the Committee under the present Covenant.
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Article 37 1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene the initial meeting of the Committee at the
Headquarters of the United Nations.
2. After its initial meeting, the Committee shall meet at such times as shall be provided in its rules of
procedure.
3. The Committee shall normally meet at the Headquarters of the United Nations or at the United Nations
Office at Geneva.
Article 38 Every member of the Committee shall, before taking up his duties, make a solemn declaration in open
committee that he will perform his functions impartially and conscientiously.
Article 39 1. The Committee shall elect its officers for a term of two years. They may be re-elected.
2. The Committee shall establish its own rules of procedure, but these rules shall provide, inter alia, that:
(a) Twelve members shall constitute a quorum;
(b) Decisions of the Committee shall be made by a majority vote of the members present.
Article 40 1. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to submit reports on the measures they have
adopted which give effect to the rights recognized herein and on the progress made in the enjoyment
of those rights:
(a) Within one year of the entry into force of the present Covenant for the States Parties concerned;
(b) Thereafter whenever the Committee so requests.
2. All reports shall be submitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall transmit them
to the Committee for consideration. Reports shall indicate the factors and difficulties, if any, affecting
the implementation of the present Covenant.
3. The Secretary-General of the United Nations may, after consultation with the Committee, transmit to
the specialized agencies concerned copies of such partsof the reports as may fall within their field of
competence.
4. The Committee shall study the reports submitted by the States Parties to the present Covenant. It shall
transmit its reports, and such general comments as it may consider appropriate, to the States Parties.
The Committee may also transmit to the Economic and Social Council these comments along with the
copies of the reports it has received from States Parties to the present Covenant.
5. The States Parties to the present Covenant may submit to the Committee observations on any comments
that may be made in accordance with paragraph 4 of this article.
Article 41 1. A State Party to the present Covenant may at any time declare under this article that it recognizes the
competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications to the effect that a State Party
claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its obligations under the present Covenant.
Communications under this article may be received and considered only if submitted by a State Party
which has made a declaration recognizing in regard to itself the competence of the Committee. No
communication shall be received by the Committee if it concerns a State Party which has not made
such a declaration. Communications received under this article shall be dealt with in accordance with
the following procedure:
(a) If a State Party to the present Covenant considers that another State Party is not giving effect to
the provisions of the present Covenant, it may, by written communication, bring the matter to the
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attention of that State Party. Within three months after the receipt of the communication the
receiving State shall afford the State which sent the communication an explanation, or any other
statement in writing clarifying the matter which should include, to the extent possible and
pertinent, reference to domestic procedures and remedies taken, pending, or available in the matter;
(b) If the matter is not adjusted to the satisfaction of both States Parties concerned within six months
after the receipt by the receiving State of the initial communication, either State shall have the
right to refer the matter to the Committee, by notice given to the Committee and to the other State;
(c) The Committee shall deal with a matter referred to it only after it has ascertained that all available
domestic remedies have been invoked and exhausted in the matter, in conformity with the
generally recognized principles of international law. This shall not be the rule where the
application of the remedies is unreasonably prolonged;
(d) The Committee shall hold closed meetings when examining communications under this article;
(e) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (c), the Committee shall make available its good offices
to the States Parties concerned with a view to a friendly solution of the matter on the basis of
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms as recognized in the present Covenant;
(f) In any matter referred to it, the Committee may call upon the States Parties concerned, referred to
in subparagraph (b), to supply any relevant information;
(g) The States Parties concerned, referred to in subparagraph (b), shall have the right to be represented
when the matter is being considered in the Committee and to make submissions orally and/or in
writing;
(h) The Committee shall, within twelve months after the date of receipt of notice under subparagraph
(b), submit a report:
(i) If a solution within the terms of subparagraph (e) is reached, the Committee shall confine its
report to a brief statement of the facts and of the solution reached;
(ii) If a solution within the terms of subparagraph (e) is not reached, the Committee shall confine
its report to a brief statement of the facts; the written submissions and record of the oral
submissions made by the States Parties concerned shall be attached to the report. In every
matter, the report shall be communicated to the States Parties concerned.
2. The provisions of this article shall come into force when ten States Parties to the present Covenant
have made declarations under paragraph 1 of this article. Such declarations shall be deposited by the
States Parties with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall transmit copies thereof to
the other States Parties. A declaration may be withdrawn at any time by notification to the Secretary-
General. Such a withdrawal shall not prejudice the consideration of any matter which is the subject
of a communication already transmitted under this article; no further communication by any State Party
shall be received after the notification of withdrawal of the declaration has been received by the
Secretary-General, unless the State Party concerned has made a new declaration.
Article 42 1. (a) If a matter referred to the Committee in accordance with article 41 is not resolved to the satisfaction
of the States Parties concerned, the Committee may, with the prior consent of the States Parties
concerned, appoint an ad hoc Conciliation Commission (hereinafter referred to as the
Commission). The good offices of the Commission shall be made available to the States Parties
concerned with a view to an amicable solution of the matter on the basis of respect for the present
Covenant;
(b) The Commission shall consist of five persons acceptable to the States Parties concerned. If the
States Parties concerned fail to reach agreement within three months on all or part of the
composition of the Commission, the members of the Commission concerning whom no agreement
has been reached shall be elected by secret ballot by a two-thirds majority vote of the Committee
from among its members.
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2. The members of the Commission shall serve in their personal capacity. They shall not be nationals of
the States Parties concerned, or of a State not Party to the present Covenant, or of a State Party which
has not made a declaration under article 41.
3. The Commission shall elect its own Chairman and adopt its own rules of procedure.
4. The meetings of the Commission shall normally be held at the Headquarters of the United Nations or
at the United Nations Office at Geneva. However, they may be held at such other convenient places as
the Commission may determine in consultation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and
the States Parties concerned.
5. The secretariat provided in accordance with article 36 shall also service the commissions appointed
under this article.
6. The information received and collated by the Committee shall be made available to the Commission
and the Commission may call upon the States Parties concerned to supply any other relevant
information.
7. When the Commission has fully considered the matter, but in any event not later than twelve months
after having been seized of the matter, it shall submit to the Chairman of the Committee a report for
communication to the States Parties concerned:
(a) If the Commission is unable to complete its consideration of the matter within twelve months, it
shall confine its report to a brief statement of the status of its consideration of the matter;
(b) If an amicable solution to the matter on tie basis of respect for human rights as recognized in the
present Covenant is reached, the Commission shall confine its report to a brief statement of the
facts and of the solution reached;
(c) If a solution within the terms of subparagraph (b) is not reached, the Commission’s report shall
embody its findings on all questions of fact relevant to the issues between the States Parties
concerned, and its views on the possibilities of an amicable solution of the matter. This report shall
also contain the written submissions and a record of the oral submissions made by the States Parties
concerned;
(d) If the Commission’s report is submitted under subparagraph (c), the States Parties concerned shall,
within three months of the receipt of the report, notify the Chairman of the Committee whether or
not they accept the contents of the report of the Commission.
8. The provisions of this article are without prejudice to the responsibilities of the Committee under article
41.
9. The States Parties concerned shall share equally all the expenses of the members of the Commission
in accordance with estimates to be provided by the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
10. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be empowered to pay the expenses of the members
of the Commission, if necessary, before reimbursement by the States Parties concerned, in accordance
with paragraph 9 of this article.
Article 43 The members of the Committee, and of the ad hoc conciliation commissions which may be appointed under
article 42, shall be entitled to the facilities, privileges and immunities of experts on mission for the United
Nations as laid down in the relevant sections of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the
United Nations.
Article 44 The provisions for the implementation of the present Covenant shall apply without prejudice to the
procedures prescribed in the field of human rights by or under the constituent instruments and the
conventions of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies and shall not prevent the States Parties
to the present Covenant from having recourse to other procedures for settling a dispute in accordance
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with general or special international agreements in force between them.
Article 45 The Committee shall submit to the General Assembly of the United Nations, through the Economic and
Social Council, an annual report on its activities.
PART V
Article 46 Nothing in the present Covenant shall be interpreted as impairing the provisions of the Charter of the United
Nations and of the constitutions of the specialized agencies which define the respective responsibilities of
the various organs of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies in regard to the matters dealt with
in the present Covenant.
Article 47 Nothing in the present Covenant shall be interpreted as impairing the inherent right of all peoples to enjoy
and utilize fully and freely their natural wealth and resources.
PART VI
Article 48 1. The present Covenant is open for signature by any State Member of the United Nations or member of
any of its specialized agencies, by any State Party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice,
and by any other State which has been invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to
become a Party to the present Covenant.
2. The present Covenant is subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
3. The present Covenant shall be open to accession by any State referred to in paragraph 1 of this article.
4. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of
the United Nations.
5. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States which have signed this Covenant
or acceded to it of the deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession.
Article 49 1. The present Covenant shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit with the Secretary-
General of the United Nations of the thirty-fifth instrument of ratification or instrument of accession.
2. For each State ratifying the present Covenant or acceding to it after the deposit of the thirty-fifth
instrument of ratification or instrument of accession, the present Covenant shall enter into force three
months after the date of the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or instrument of accession.
Article 50 The provisions of the present Covenant shall extend to all parts of federal States without any limitations or
exceptions.
Article 51 1. Any State Party to the present Covenant may propose an amendment and file it with the Secretary-
General of the United Nations. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall thereupon
communicate any proposed amendments to the States Parties to the present Covenant with a request
that they notify him whether they favour a conference of States Parties for the purpose of considering
and voting upon the proposals. In the event that at least one third of the States Parties favours such a
conference, the Secretary-General shall convene the conference under the auspices of the United
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Nations. Any amendment adopted by a majority of the States Parties present and voting at the
conference shall be submitted to the General Assembly of the United Nations for approval.
2. Amendments shall come into force when they have been approved by the General Assembly of the
United Nations and accepted by a two-thirds majority of the States Parties to the present Covenant in
accordance with their respective constitutional processes.
3. When amendments come into force, they shall be binding on those States Parties which have accepted
them, other States Parties still being bound by the provisions of the present Covenant and any earlier
amendment which they have accepted.
Article 52 Irrespective of the notifications made under article 48, paragraph 5, the Secretary-General of the United
Nations shall inform all States referred to in paragraph 1 of the same article of the following particulars:
(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under article 48;
(b) The date of the entry into force of the present Covenant under article 49 and the date of the entry into
force of any amendments under article 51.
Article 53 1. The present Covenant, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally
authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.
2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of the present Covenant to
all States referred to in article 48.
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Annexure 03
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment
Resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984 entry into force 26 June 1987, in accordance with
article 27 (1)
The States Parties to this Convention, considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the
Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the
human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Recognizing that those rights derive from the inherent dignity of the human person, considering the
obligation of States under the Charter, in particular Article 55, to promote universal respect for, and
observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Having regard to article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 7 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which provide that no one shall be subjected to torture or
to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, having regard also to the Declaration on the
Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment, adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 1975, desiring to make
more effective the struggle against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
throughout the world, have agreed as follows:
PART I
Article 1
1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or
suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as
obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third
person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third
person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is
inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other
person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent
in or incidental to lawful sanctions.
2. This article is without prejudice to any international instrument or national legislation which does or
may contain provisions of wider application.
Article 2
1. Each State Party shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent
acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction.
2. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal
political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture.
3. An order from a superior officer or a public authority may not be invoked as a justification of torture.
Article 3
1. No State Party shall expel, return ("refouler") or extradite a person to another State where there are
substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture.
2. For the purpose of determining whether there are such grounds, the competent authorities shall take
into account all relevant considerations including, where applicable, the existence in the State
concerned of a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights.
Article 4
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1. Each State Party shall ensure that all acts of torture are offences under its criminal law. The
same shall apply to an attempt to commit torture and to an act by any person which constitutes
complicity or participation in torture.
2. Each State Party shall make these offences punishable by appropriate penalties which take into
account their grave nature.
Article 5
1. Each State Party shall take such measures as may be necessary to establish its jurisdiction over the
offences referred to in article 4 in the following cases:
(a) When the offences are committed in any territory under its jurisdiction or on board a ship
or aircraft registered in that State;
(b) When the alleged offender is a national of that State;
(c) When the victim is a national of that State if that State considers it appropriate.
2. Each State Party shall likewise take such measures as may be necessary to establish its jurisdiction
over such offences in cases where the alleged offender is present in any territory under its jurisdiction
and it does not extradite him pursuant to article 8 to any of the States mentioned in paragraph 1 of this
article.
3. This Convention does not exclude any criminal jurisdiction exercised in accordance with internal law.
Article 6
1. Upon being satisfied, after an examination of information available to it, that the circumstances so
warrant, any State Party in whose territory a person alleged to have committed any offence referred to
in article 4 is present shall take him into custody or take other legal measures to ensure his presence.
The custody and other legal measures shall be as provided in the law of that State but may be continued
only for such time as is necessary to enable any criminal or extradition proceedings to be instituted.
2. Such State shall immediately make a preliminary inquiry into the facts.
3. Any person in custody pursuant to paragraph I of this article shall be assisted in communicating
immediately with the nearest appropriate representative of the State of which he is a national, or, if he
is a stateless person, with the representative of the State where he usually resides.
4. When a State, pursuant to this article, has taken a person into custody, it shall immediately notify the
States referred to in article 5, paragraph 1, of the fact that such person is in custody and of the
circumstances which warrant his detention. The State which makes the preliminary inquiry
contemplated in paragraph 2 of this article shall promptly report its findings to the said States and shall
indicate whether it intends to exercise jurisdiction.
Article 7
1. The State Party in the territory under whose jurisdiction a person alleged to have committed any
offence referred to in article 4 is found, shall in the cases contemplated in article 5, if it does not
extradite him, submit the case to its competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution.
2. These authorities shall take their decision in the same manner as in the case of any ordinary offence of
a serious nature under the law of that State. In the cases referred to in article 5, paragraph 2, the
standards of evidence required for prosecution and conviction shall in no way be less stringent than
those which apply in the cases referred to in article 5, paragraph 1.
3. Any person regarding whom proceedings are brought in connection with any of the offences referred
to in article 4 shall be guaranteed fair treatment at all stages of the proceedings.
Article 8
1. The offences referred to in article 4 shall be deemed to be included as extraditable offences in any
extradition treaty existing between States Parties. States Parties undertake to include such offences as
extraditable offences in every extradition treaty to be concluded between them.
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2. If a State Party which makes extradition conditional on the existence of a treaty receives a request for
extradition from another State Party with which it has no extradition treaty, it may consider this
Convention as the legal basis for extradition in respect of such offences. Extradition shall be subject
to the other conditions provided by the law of the requested State.
3. States Parties which do not make extradition conditional on the existence of a treaty shall recognize
such offences as extraditable offences between themselves subject to the conditions provided by the
law of the requested State.
4. Such offences shall be treated, for the purpose of extradition between States Parties, as if they had been
committed not only in the place in which they occurred but also in the territories of the States required
to establish their jurisdiction in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1.
Article 9
1. States Parties shall afford one another the greatest measure of assistance in connection with
criminal proceedings brought in respect of any of the offences referred to in article 4, including
the supply of all evidence at their disposal necessary for the proceedings.
2. States Parties shall carry out their obligations under paragraph 1 of this article in conformity with any
treaties on mutual judicial assistance that may exist between them.
Article 10
1. Each State Party shall ensure that education and information regarding the prohibition against
torture are fully included in the training of law enforcement personnel, civil or military, medical
personnel, public officials and other persons who may be involved in the custody, interrogation
or treatment of any individual subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment.
2. Each State Party shall include this prohibition in the rules or instructions issued in regard to the duties
and functions of any such person.
Article 11
Each State Party shall keep under systematic review interrogation rules, instructions, methods and
practices as well as arrangements for the custody and treatment of persons subjected to any form of
arrest, detention or imprisonment in any territory under its jurisdiction, with a view to preventing
any cases of torture.
Article 12
Each State Party shall ensure that its competent authorities proceed to a prompt and impartial
investigation, wherever there is reasonable ground to believe that an act of torture has been
committed in any territory under its jurisdiction.
Article 13
Each State Party shall ensure that any individual who alleges he has been subjected to torture in any territory
under its jurisdiction has the right to complain to, and to have his case promptly and impartially examined
by, its competent authorities. Steps shall be taken to ensure that the complainant and witnesses are
protected against all ill-treatment or intimidation as a consequence of his complaint or any evidence
given.
Article 14
1. Each State Party shall ensure in its legal system that the victim of an act of torture obtains redress
and has an enforceable right to fair and adequate compensation, including the means for as full
rehabilitation as possible. In the event of the death of the victim as a result of an act of torture, his
dependants shall be entitled to compensation.
2. Nothing in this article shall affect any right of the victim or other persons to compensation which may
exist under national law.
Article 15
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Each State Party shall ensure that any statement which is established to have been made as a result
of torture shall not be invoked as evidence in any proceedings, except against a person accused of
torture as evidence that the statement was made.
Article 16
1. Each State Party shall undertake to prevent in any territory under its jurisdiction other acts of cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment which do not amount to torture as defined in Article 1,
when such acts are committed by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a
public official or other person acting in an official capacity. In particular, the obligations contained
in articles 10, 11, 12 and 13 shall apply with the substitution for references to torture of references to
other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
2. The provisions of this Convention are without prejudice to the provisions of any other
international instrument or national law which prohibits cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment or which relates to extradition or expulsion.
PART II
Article 17
1. There shall be established a Committee against Torture (hereinafter referred to as the Committee)
which shall carry out the functions hereinafter provided. The Committee shall consist of ten experts
of high moral standing and recognized competence in the field of human rights, who shall serve
in their personal capacity. The experts shall be elected by the States Parties, consideration being
given to equitable geographical distribution and to the usefulness of the participation of some persons
having legal experience.
2. The members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot from a list of persons nominated by
States Parties. Each State Party may nominate one person from among its own nationals. States
Parties shall bear in mind the usefulness of nominating persons who are also members of the Human
Rights Committee established under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and who
are willing to serve on the Committee against Torture.
3. Elections of the members of the Committee shall be held at biennial meetings of States Parties
convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. At those meetings, for which two thirds of
the States Parties shall constitute a quorum, the persons elected to the Committee shall be those who
obtain the largest number of votes and an absolute majority of the votes of the representatives of States
Parties present and voting.
4. The initial election shall be held no later than six months after the date of the entry into force of this
Convention. At. least four months before the date of each election, the Secretary-General of the United
Nations shall address a letter to the States Parties inviting them to submit their nominations within
three months. The Secretary-General shall prepare a list in alphabetical order of all persons thus
nominated, indicating the States Parties which have nominated them, and shall submit it to the States
Parties.
5. The members of the Committee shall be elected for a term of four years. They shall be eligible for re-
election if renominated. However, the term of five of the members elected at the first election shall
expire at the end of two years; immediately after the first election the names of these five members
shall be chosen by lot by the chairman of the meeting referred to in paragraph 3 of this article.
6. If a member of the Committee dies or resigns or for any other cause can no longer perform his
Committee duties, the State Party which nominated him shall appoint another expert from among its
nationals to serve for the remainder of his term, subject to the approval of the majority of the States
Parties. The approval shall be considered given unless half or more of the States Parties respond
negatively within six weeks after having been informed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
of the proposed appointment.
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7. States Parties shall be responsible for the expenses of the members of the Committee while they are in
performance of Committee duties.
Article 18
1. The Committee shall elect its officers for a term of two years. They may be re-elected.
2. The Committee shall establish its own rules of procedure, but these rules shall provide, inter alia, that:-
(a) Six members shall constitute a quorum;
(b) Decisions of the Committee shall be made by a majority vote of the members present.
3. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall provide the necessary staff and facilities for the
effective performance of the functions of the Committee under this Convention.
4. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene the initial meeting of the Committee. After
its initial meeting, the Committee shall meet at such times as shall be provided in its rules of procedure.
5. The States Parties shall be responsible for expenses incurred in connection with the holding of meetings
of the States Parties and of the Committee, including reimbursement to the United Nations for any
expenses, such as the cost of staff and facilities, incurred by the United Nations pursuant to paragraph
3 of this article.
Article 19
1. The States Parties shall submit to the Committee, through the Secretary-General of the United Nations,
reports on the measures they have taken to give effect to their undertakings under this Convention,
within one year after the entry into force of the Convention for the State Party concerned. Thereafter
the States Parties shall submit supplementary reports every four years on any new measures taken and
such other reports as the Committee may request.
2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit the reports to all States Parties.
3. Each report shall be considered by the Committee which may make such general comments on the
report as it may consider appropriate and shall forward these to the State Party concerned. That State
Party may respond with any observations it chooses to the Committee.
4. The Committee may, at its discretion, decide to include any comments made by it in accordance with
paragraph 3 of this article, together with the observations thereon received from the State Party
concerned, in its annual report made in accordance with article 24. If so, requested by the State Party
concerned, the Committee may also include a copy of the report submitted under paragraph 1 of this
article.
Article 20
1. If the Committee receives reliable information which appears to it to contain well-founded
indications that torture is being systematically practised in the territory of a State Party, the
Committee shall invite that State Party to co-operate in the examination of the information and
to this end to submit observations with regard to the information concerned.
2. Taking into account any observations which may have been submitted by the State Party concerned,
as well as any other relevant information available to it, the Committee may, if it decides that this is
warranted, designate one or more of its members to make a confidential inquiry and to report to the
Committee urgently.
3. If an inquiry is made in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article, the Committee shall seek the co-
operation of the State Party concerned. In agreement with that State Party, such an inquiry may include
a visit to its territory.
4. After examining the findings of its member or members submitted in accordance with paragraph 2 of
this article, the Commission shall transmit these findings to the State Party concerned together with
any comments or suggestions which seem appropriate in view of the situation.
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5. All the proceedings of the Committee referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 of this article’s hall be
confidential, and at all stages of the proceedings the co-operation of the State Party shall be sought.
After such proceedings have been completed with regard to an inquiry made in accordance with
paragraph 2, the Committee may, after consultations with the State Party concerned, decide to include
a summary account of the results of the proceedings in its annual report made in accordance with article
24.
Article 21
1. A State Party to this Convention may at any time declare under this article that it recognizes the
competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications to the effect that a State Party
claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its obligations under this Convention. Such
communications may be received and considered according to the procedures laid down in this article
only if submitted by a State Party which has made a declaration recognizing in regard to itself the
competence of the Committee. No communication shall be dealt with by the Committee under this
article if it concerns a State Party which has not made such a declaration. Communications received
under this article shall be dealt with in accordance with the following procedure;
(a) If a State Party considers that another State Party is not giving effect to the provisions of this
Convention, it may, by written communication, bring the matter to the attention of that State
Party. Within three months after the receipt of the communication the receiving State shall afford
the State which sent the communication an explanation or any other statement in writing clarifying
the matter, which should include, to the extent possible and pertinent, reference to domestic
procedures and remedies taken, pending or available in the matter;
(b) If the matter is not adjusted to the satisfaction of both States Parties concerned within six months
after the receipt by the receiving State of the initial communication, either State shall have the
right to refer the matter to the Committee, by notice given to the Committee and to the other State;
(c) The Committee shall deal with a matter referred to it under this article only after it has ascertained
that all domestic remedies have been invoked and exhausted in the matter, in conformity with the
generally recognized principles of international law. This shall not be the rule where the
application of the remedies is unreasonably prolonged or is unlikely to bring effective relief to the
person who is the victim of the violation of this Convention;
(d) The Committee shall hold closed meetings when examining communications under this article; (e)
Subject to the provisions of subparagraph
(e) the Committee shall make available its good offices to the States Parties concerned with a view to
a friendly solution of the matter on the basis of respect for the obligations provided for in this
Convention. For this purpose, the Committee may, when appropriate, set up an ad hoc conciliation
commission;
(f) In any matter referred to it under this article, the Committee may call upon the States Parties
concerned, referred to in subparagraph (b), to supply any relevant information;
(g) The States Parties concerned, referred to in subparagraph (b), shall have the right to be represented
when the matter is being considered by the Committee and to make submissions orally and/or in
writing;
(h) The Committee shall, within twelve months after the date of receipt of notice under subparagraph
(b), submit a report:
(i) If a solution within the terms of subparagraph (e) is reached, the Committee shall confine its
report to a brief statement of the facts and of the solution reached;
(ii) If a solution within the terms of subparagraph (e) is not reached, the Committee shall confine
its report to a brief statement of the facts; the written submissions and record of the oral
submissions made by the States Parties concerned shall be attached to the report.
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In every matter, the report shall be communicated to the States Parties concerned.
2. The provisions of this article shall come into force when five States Parties to this Convention have
made declarations under paragraph 1 of this article. Such declarations shall be deposited by the States
Parties with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall transmit copies thereof to the other
States Parties. A declaration may be withdrawn at any time by notification to the Secretary-General.
Such a withdrawal shall not prejudice the consideration of any matter which is the subject of a
communication already transmitted under this article; no further communication by any State Party
shall be received under this article after the notification of withdrawal of the declaration has been
received by the Secretary-General, unless the State Party concerned has made a new declaration.
Article 22
1. A State Party to this Convention may at any time declare under this article that it recognizes the
competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from or on behalf of individuals
subject to its jurisdiction who claim to be victims of a violation by a State Party of the provisions of
the Convention. No communication shall be received by the Committee if it concerns a State Party
which has not made such a declaration.
2. The Committee shall consider inadmissible any communication under this article which is anonymous
or which it considers to be an abuse of the right of submission of such communications or to be
incompatible with the provisions of this Convention.
3. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2, the Committee shall bring any communications submitted to
it under this article to the attention of the State Party to this Convention which has made a declaration
under paragraph I and is alleged to be violating any provisions of the Convention. Within six months,
the receiving State shall submit to the Committee written explanations or statements clarifying the
matter and the remedy, if any, that may have been taken by that State.
4. The Committee shall consider communications received under this article in the light of all information
made available to it by or on behalf of the individual and by the State Party concerned. 5. The
Committee shall not consider any communications from an individual under this article unless it has
ascertained that:
(a) The same matter has not been, and is not being, examined under another procedure of
international investigation or settlement;
(b) The individual has exhausted all available domestic remedies; this shall not be the rule where the
application of the remedies is unreasonably prolonged or is unlikely to bring effective relief to
the person who is the victim of the violation of this Convention.
6. The Committee shall hold closed meetings when examining communications under this article.
7. The Committee shall forward its views to the State Party concerned and to the individual.
8. The provisions of this article shall come into force when five States Parties to this Convention have
made declarations under paragraph 1 of this article. Such declarations shall be deposited by the States
Parties with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall transmit copies thereof to the other
States Parties. A declaration may be withdrawn at any time by notification to the Secretary-General.
Such a withdrawal shall not prejudice the consideration of any matter which is the subject of a
communication already transmitted under this article; no further communication by or on behalf of an
individual shall be received under this article after the notification of withdrawal of the declaration has
been received by the Secretary General, unless the State Party has made a new declaration.
Article 23
The members of the Committee and of the ad hoc conciliation commissions which may be appointed under
article 21, paragraph 1 (e), shall be entitled to the facilities, privileges and immunities of experts on mission
for the United Nations as laid down in the relevant sections of the Convention on the Privileges and
Immunities of the United Nations.
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Article 24
The Committee shall submit an annual report on its activities under this Convention to the States Parties
and to the General Assembly of the United Nations.
PART III
Article 25
1. This Convention is open for signature by all States.
2. This Convention is subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 26
This Convention is open to accession by all States. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an
instrument of accession with the Secretary General of the United Nations.
Article 27
1. This Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.
2. For each State ratifying this Convention or acceding to it after the deposit of the twentieth instrument
of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of
the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or accession.
Article 28
1. Each State may, at the time of signature or ratification of this Convention or accession thereto, declare
that it does not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for in article 20.
2. Any State Party having made a reservation in accordance with paragraph I of this article may, at any
time, withdraw this reservation by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 29
1. Any State Party to this Convention may propose an amendment and file it with the Secretary-General
of the United Nations. The Secretary General shall thereupon communicate the proposed amendment
to the States Parties with a request that they notify him whether they favour a conference of States
Parties for the purpose of considering and voting upon the proposal. In the event that within four
months from the date of such communication at least one third of the States Parties favours such a
conference, the Secretary General shall convene the conference under the auspices of the United
Nations. Any amendment adopted by a majority of the States Parties present and voting at the
conference shall be submitted by the Secretary-General to all the States Parties for acceptance.
2. An amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article shall enter into force when two
thirds of the States Parties to this Convention have notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations
that they have accepted it in accordance with their respective constitutional processes.
3. When amendments enter into force, they shall be binding on those States Parties which have accepted
them, other States Parties still being bound by the provisions of this Convention and any earlier
amendments which they have accepted.
Article 30
1. Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this
Convention which cannot be settled through negotiation shall, at the request of one of them, be
submitted to arbitration. If within six months from the date of the request for arbitration the Parties
are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those Parties may refer the dispute
to the International Court of Justice by request in conformity with the Statute of the Court.
2. Each State may, at the time of signature or ratification of this Convention or accession thereto, declare
that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 1 of this article. The other States Parties shall not
be bound by paragraph 1 of this article with respect to any State Party having made such a reservation.
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3. Any State Party having made a reservation in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article may at any
time withdraw this reservation by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 31
1. A State Party may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations. Denunciation becomes effective one year after the date of receipt of- the notification
by the Secretary-General.
2. Such a denunciation shall not have the effect of releasing the State Party from its obligations under this
Convention in regard to any act or omission which occurs prior to the date at which the denunciation
becomes effective, nor shall denunciation prejudice in any way the continued consideration of any
matter which is already under consideration by the Committee prior to the date at which the
denunciation becomes effective.
3. Following the date at which the denunciation of a State Party becomes effective, the Committee shall
not commence consideration of any new matter regarding that State.
Article 32
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States Members of the United Nations and all
States which have signed this Convention or acceded to it of the following:
(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under articles 25 and 26;
(b) The date of entry into force of this Convention under article 27 and the date of the entry into force of
any amendments under article 29;
(c) Denunciations under article 31.
Article 33
1. This Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally
authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of this Convention to all
States.
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Definitions: - South African Criminal LAW AND Procedure – Volume II – Common Law
Crimes – Third Edition – J.R.L. MILTON
(1) Defeating and/or Obstructing the course of Justice consists in unlawfully doing an
act which is intended to defeat or obstruct and which does defeat or obstruct the
due course of justice.
(2) Fraud consists in unlawfully making, with intent to defraud, a misrepresentation
which causes actual prejudice or which is potentially prejudicial to another.
(3) Forgery and Uttering, consist in unlawfully making, with intent to defraud, a false
document which causes actual prejudice or which is potentially prejudicial to
another.
(4) Theft by false pretences is committed by any person who unlawfully, with intent to
steal, and by means of misrepresentation effects an unlawful ‘fraudulent
appropriation to one's self or to someone else of the property of another’
(contrectatio) capable of being stolen.
(5) Theft consists in an unlawful ‘fraudulent appropriation to one's self or to someone
else of the property of another’ (contrectatio), with the intent to steal of a thing
capable of being stolen.
(6) Robbery consists in the theft of property by intentionally using violence or threats
of violence to induce submission to its taking.
(7) Racketeering refers to crimes committed at a state/governmental level.
Racketeering may refer to the act of acquiring a business operation through illegal
activity, operating a business with illegally-derived income, or using a business
operation to commit illegal acts. At the state/governmental level crimes of
racketeering include bribery, various fraud & theft offenses (with inclusion of
robbery), kidnapping, gambling offenses, money laundering, a number of financial
and economic crimes (asset stripping and round tripping), obstructing justice or a
criminal investigation & dealing in obscene manner/matter, murder for hire, arson,
and sexual exploitation of children.
KEY ASPECTS INCLUDE; -
a). Racketeering may refer to the act of acquiring a business through illegal activity,
operating a business with illegally-derived income, or using a business to commit
illegal acts.
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b). The Racketeer Influenced was addressed by the US Corrupt Organizations Act in
October 1970 (RICO) to contain racketeering.
c). Racketeering can be prosecuted at the provincial or government level.
d). Crimes of racketeering include bribery, gambling offenses, money laundering,
economic offences, obstructing justice or a criminal investigation, murder for
hire, and sexual exploitation of children.
e). At the state level, racketeering includes such crimes as murder, kidnapping,
gambling, arson, robbery, economic sabotage (asset stripping & round tripping)
bribery, extortion, obstructing justice or a criminal investigation dealing in
obscene manner/matter, and drug crimes.
(8) Assault consists in unlawfully and intentionally: (1) applying force to the person of
another, or (2) inspiring the belief in that other person that force is imminent to be
applied to him.
(9) Culpable homicide consists in the negligent killing of another person.
(10) Murder consists in the unlawful and intentional killing of another person.
(11) High Treason consist in any overt act committed by a person owing allegiance to a
state possessing sovereign authority (majestas) with the intent to overthrow, impair,
violate, threaten or endanger the existence, independence or security of the state,
or to overthrow or coerce the government of the state, or change the constitutional
structure of the state.
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Annexure 07
Video Broadcasted on US TV - approximately 23rd
February 1956 (Verbatim) “The future certainly looks bright, but it isn’t without its darker sides. According to some
predictions, obesity will likely run rampant and political corruption will become so common
place, as to be accepted. People with nothing entertaining or informative to say will
broadcast their demands for attention, and once beloved performer will become pushers of
snake oil. Perhaps worst of all, will be the emergence of a deadly and potentially
devastating decease. Think of the last time that you contracted influenza. You were likely
bedridden for days, having no appetite or desire to play games. Experts predicts that by the
year 2020, a new virus will rise, spreading from somewhere in Asia to the rest of the World.
And with International travel being available to even the most common citizen, a sickness
that would have been contained in years past, will quickly spread to all corners of the globe.”
Note: The COVID-19 PLANDEMIC was by design orchestrated at least 74 years in advance
as part of the international Criminal Cabal, active in financing of wars, addictive medicines
through pharmaceutical companies and human genocide & democide as neurological
linguistic programs!
Zoom Meeting video of President
Cyril M. Ramaphosa (ANC
Government) portion (verbatim) “We want to find a way of ramping this up, even beyond the end of the lockdown; and I
don’t know when the lockdown will end. Uuuh, some people are saying the 16th of April.
But when we announced it, I didn’t say what year it will end. Laughing!!!”
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Beyond all safety limits in Pretoria. – Silent Killer
