consider communications from individuals subject to its jurisdiction who
claim to be victims of a violation by that State Party of any of the rights
set forth in the Covenant. No communication shall be received by the
Committee if it concerns a State Party to the Covenant which is not a
Party to the present Protocol.
Article 2
Subject to the provisions of article 1, individuals who claim that any
of their rights enumerated in the Covenant have been violated and who
have exhausted all available domestic remedies may submit a written
communication to the Committee for consideration.
Article 3
The Committee shall consider inadmissible any communication
under the present Protocol 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 the Covenant.
Article 4
1. Subject to the provisions of article 3, the Committee shall bring any
communications submitted to it under the present Protocol to the attention of the State Party to the present Protocol alleged to be violating any
provision of the Covenant.
2. 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.
Article 5
1. The Committee shall consider communications received under the
present Protocol in the light of all written information made available to it
by the individual and by the State Party concerned.
2. The Committee shall not consider any communication from an individual unless it has ascertained that:
(a) The same matter is not being examined under another procedure of international investigation or settlement;
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