14. As to the authors' allegation that the enactment o{ Acta Institucional No. 4 oí 1 September 1976,' which curtailed the political rights of various categories of citizens, made their father a victim of violations of ar­ ticle 25 of the Covenant, the Committee refers to the considerations reflected in its views on a number of other cases (e.g. in 28/1978, 32/1978, 34/1978 and 44/1979), concerning the compatibihty of Acta Institu­ cional No. 4 with the provisions of article 25 of the Covenant, which proscribes "unreasonable restric­ tions" on the enjoyment of pohtical rights. It has been the Committee's considered view that this enactment which deprives all citizens, who as members of certain pohtical groups had been candidates in the elections of 1966 and 1971, of any political rights for a period as long as 15 years is an unreasonable restriction of the political rights protected by article 25 of the Covenant. ' The relevant part of the Act reads as follows; "[...] The Executive Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the institutionalization of the revolutionary process, "DECREES: 15. The Human Rights Committee, acting under ar­ ticle 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, is of the view that these facts, in so far as they have occurred after 23 March 1976 (the date on which the Covenant entered in­ to force in respect of Uruguay), disclose violations of the Covenant, in particular of: Article 9 (3), because Alberto Altesor was not brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power; Article 9 (4), because recourse to habeas corpus was not available to him; Article 10 (1), because he was held incommunicado for several months; Article 14 (1) and (3), because he did not have a fair and pubhc hearing; Article 25, because he is barred from taking part in the conduct of pubhc affairs and from voting in elections or from being elected for 15 years in accordance with Acta Institucional No. 4 of 1 September 1976. 16. The Committee, accordingly, is of the view that the State party is under an obligation to provide the vic­ tim with effective remedies, including compensation, for the violations which he has suffered and to take steps to ensure that similar violations do not occur in the future. The State party should also ensure that Alberto Altesor receives ah necessary medical care. "Art. 1. The following shall be prohibited, for a term of 15 years, from engaging in any of the activities of a pohtical nature authorized by the Constitution of the Republic, including the vote: "(a) All candidates for elective office on the lists for the 1966 and 1971 elections of the Marxist and pro-Marxist Political Parties or Groups declared illegal by the resolutions of the Executive Power No. 1788/67 o f 12 December 1967 and N o . 1026/73 of 26 November 1973; [...]" Communication No. 30/1978 Submitted by: Irene Bleier Lewenhoff and Rosa Valiño de Bleier on 23 May 1978 Alleged victim: Eduardo Bleier (authors' father and husband) State party: Uruguay Date of adoption of views: 29 March 1982 (fifteenth session) Detention incommunicado— Torture—Disappeared person—Interim decision—Burden of proof—State's duty to investigate—Right to life Articles of Covenant: 6,7, 9 (1) and 10 (1) Views under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol 1. The author of the original communication (initial letter dated 23 May 1978 and further letter dated 15 February 1979) is Irene Bleier Lewenhoff, a Uruguayan national residing in Israel. She is the daughter of the aheged victim. Her information was supplemented by further letters (dated 25 February, 20 June, 26 July and 31 October 1980 and 4 January and 10 December 1981) from Rosa Valiño de Bleier, a Uruguayan national residing in Hungary who is the alleged victim's wife. 2.1 In her letter of 23 May 1978, the author, Irene Bleier Lewenhoff, states the following: 2.2 Her father, Eduardo Bleier, was arrested without a court order in Montevideo, Uruguay, at the end of October 1975. The authorhies did not acknowledge his arrest and he was held incommunicado at an unknown place of detention. Her father's detenfion was, however, indirectly confirmed because his name was on a list of prisoners read out once a week at an army unit in Montevideo where his family delivered clothing for him and received his dirty clothing. His name appeared on that hst for several months until the middle of 1976. On 11 August 1976, "Communiqué No. 1334 of the Armed Forces Press Office" was printed in all the Montevideo newspapers requesting the general public to co-operate in the capture of 14 persons, among whom Eduardo Bleier was listed, "known to be associated with the banned Communist Party, who had not presented themselves when summoned before the mihtary courts". The author also aheges that her father was subjected to particularly cruel treatment and torture because of his Jewish origin. 109