9. The Human Rights Committee therefore decides: (a) The communication is inadmissible under articles 2, 3 and 5, paragraph 2 (b), of the Optional Protocol for the reason that the author's claims are either unsubstantiated or incompatible with the provisions of the Covenant, and because domestic remedies have not been exhausted. (b) This decision shall be communicated to the author and to the State party. ______________ Communication No. 297/1988 Submitted by: H.A.E.d.J. (name deleted) on 29 March 1988 (represented by counsel) Alleged victim: the author State party: The Netherlands Declared inadmissible: 30 October 1989 (thirty-seventh session) Subject matter : Alleged discrimination in the allocation of remuneration for performing alternative service to military service as a conscientious objector Procedural issues: Incompatibility with the provisions of the Covenant Inadmissibility ratione materiae Substantive issues: Discrimination on the grounds of other status ; conscientious objection Articles of the Covenant: 8 (3) (c), 18, 26 78