2. Given that the State party has an obligation to proceed with the trial or extradite Mr. Habré, the same should not be conditional upon the receipt by the State party of financial assistance. The complainants assume that this request is made to ensure that a trial is carried out in the best possible conditions. 3. Irrespective of what the African Union has decided with respect to this affair, it can have no implications as to the State party’s obligation to recognize this affair and to submit it to the competent jurisdiction. State party SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Case Ristic, 113/1998 Nationality and country of removal if applicable Yugoslav Views adopted on 11 May 2001 Issues and violations found Failure to investigate allegations of torture by police - articles 12 and 13 Interim measures granted and State party response None Remedy recommended Urges the State party to carry out such investigations without delay. An appropriate remedy. Due date for State party response 6 January 1999 Date of reply Latest note verbale 28 July 2006 (had replied on 5 August 2005 - See the annual report of the Committee, A/61/44). State party response The Committee will recall that by note verbale of 5 August 2005, the State party confirmed that the First Municipal Court in Belgrade by decision of 30 December 2004 found that the complainant’s parents should be paid compensation. However, as this case is being appealed to the Belgrade District Court, this decision was neither effective nor enforceable at that stage. The State party also informed the Committee that the Municipal Court had found inadmissible the request to conduct a 115