general principles contained in the Committee’s relevant Views. The Decree of the Federal Ministry for Justice dated 30 September 1999 reaffirmed the standing instruction to the prosecutors’ offices to follow up on every case of an allegation of mistreatment by law enforcement authorities by launching preliminary investigations or by means of judicial pretrial inquiries. Concurrently, the Federal Ministry of the Interior requested the law enforcement authorities to give notice to the competent prosecutors’ offices of allegations of mistreatment raised against their own officials and of other indications pointing to a relevant case without any delay. Furthermore, Decree of the Ministry of Interior of 10 November 2000 set forth that law enforcement authorities are bound to transmit a description of the facts or the complaint without delay to the prosecution, if one of their officials is the object of allegations of mistreatment. By Decree of the Federal Ministry of Justice of 21 December 2000, the heads of penal institutions were requested to follow the same proceedings in case of allegations against officials entrusted with the enforcement of sentences. Complainant’s response None Committee’s decision The Committee considered the response satisfactory, in view of the time lapsed since it adopted its Views and the vagueness of the remedy recommended. It decided to discontinue consideration of the case under the follow-up procedure. State party AUSTRALIA Case Shek Elmi, 120/1998 Nationality and country of removal if applicable Somali to Somalia Views adopted on 25 May 1999 Issues and violations found Removal - article 3 Interim measures granted and State party response Granted and acceded to by the State party. 140