B. Procedural aspects
Strict requirements also govern procedural aspects of declarations of states of
emergency.
United Nations
The [Human Rights] Committee … deplores that the State party has failed to
observe its duties under article 4, paragraph 3, of the Covenant to notify the
Secretary-General of the United Nations and through him other States parties
to the Covenant of the proclamation of a state of emergency.
--CCPR/C/79/Add.78, para. 10 (1997).
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The Committee observes that, although a state of emergency has not been
proclaimed in areas in conflict, the population has been subjected to derogations
from its rights corresponding to a state of emergency, such as control points
impeding freedom of movement. All necessary derogations from the rights
guaranteed by the Covenant must comply with the conditions laid down in
article 4 of the Covenant.
--CCPR/C/79/Add.109, para. 12 (1999).
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The Committee regrets that the proclamation of a state of emergency in March
1993 was not notified to the Secretary-General in accordance with article 4,
paragraph 3, of the Covenant.
--CCPR/C/79/Add.62, para. 11 (1996).
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The Committee regrets the fact that the proclamation of a state of emergency
at the time of the events that took place in the country's Nord-Ouest province
in 1992 was not notified in the correct manner to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations in accordance with the requirements of article 4 of the
Covenant.
--CCPR/C/79/Add.33, para. 7 (1994).
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