Committee considers that the author has not exhausted available domestic remedies. 6. The Human Rights Committee therefore decides: (a) That the communication is inadmissible under article 5, paragraph 2 (b) of the Optional Protocol; (b) That this decision shall be transmitted to the State party, the author and his counsel. _______________ Communication No. 318/1988 Submitted by: E. P. et. al., June 1988 Alleged victim: The authors State party: Colombia Declared inadmissible: 25 July 1990 (thirty-ninth session) Subject matter: Alleged denial of self-determination of the residents of archipelago under Colombian sovereignty Procedural issues: Non-exhaustion of local remedies Substantive issues: "Effective remedy" Equality before the law Right of self-determination Articles of the Covenant: 1, 2, 25, 26 and 27 87