Seeking Remedies for Torture Victims: A Handbook on the Individual Complaints Procedures of the UN Tready Bodies We do not use the official UN document number in order to cite cases decided under the respective treaties, nor do we use such numbers for General Comments.iii Such citation would be unwieldy given the large number of cases cited. Cases under the Optional Protocol to the ICCPR will use the following format: HRC, Quinteros v. Uruguay, Comm. No. 107/1981. First they are labelled as HRC cases to distinguish them from other treaty bodies’ cases. The first name is the name of the author or complainant, and the second name is the State against whom the complaint is made. The first number refers to the order in which the case was registered – this case was the 107th registered case for the HRC. The second number refers to the year in which the case was submitted (i.e. not the year in which it was decided). CAT and CEDAW Committee cases follow a similar format, e.g. CAT Committee, Tala v. Sweden, Comm. No. 43/1996, or CEDAW Committee, A.T. v. Hungary, Comm. No. 2/2003. General Comments are referred to as “General Comment xx”, with the number referring to the order of its adoption by the HRC or the CAT Committee. For example, “General Comment 20” denotes the twentieth such comment issued by the HRC. General Recommendations issued by the CEDAW Committee are referred to as “General Recommendation xx”, with the number at the end indicating the order in which the recommendation was adopted. Finally, we warn readers that over time hyperlinks included for consultation may no longer work, namely if web pages, downloadable files and other web resources they point to become obsolete or unavailable. iii 22 General Comments are explained in Section 1.5.3.