Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

If the person who brought proceedings against New Zealand ( Van der Plaat) could contact me it would be very much appreciated .

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For your information, we attach the final decisions of the Human Rights Committee, adopted at its 93rd session, held in Geneva from 7 to 25 July 2008, in respect of individual complaints presented under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The decisions are provided in the original language of adoption, with translations into additional languages to be found in due course on the Treaty Body Database of the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (http://www.ohchr.org).

In the following eleven cases, the Committee found, in its decision on the merits of the case, one or more violations of the Covenant.

Aboushanif v Norway http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Aboushanif_v_Norway.pdf
Dissanayake v Sri Lanka http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Dissanayake_v_Sri_Lanka.pdf
Bandaranayake v Sri Lanka http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Bandaranayake_v_Sri_Lanka.pdf
Sathasivam et al v Sri Lanka http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Sathasivam_et_al_v_Sri_Lanka.pdf
Kohoutek v Czech Republic http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Kohoutek_v_Czech_Republic.pdf
Komarovski v Turkmenistan http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Komarovski_v_Turkmenistan.pdf
Maksudov et al. v Kyrgyzstan http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Maksudov_et_al_v_Kyrgyzstan.pdf
M.G. v Germany http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/M_G_v_Germany.pdf
Vlcek v Czech Republic http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Vlcek_v_Czech_Republic.pdf
Preiss v Czech Republic http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Preiss_v_Czech_Republic.pdf
Kalamiotis v Greece http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Kalamiotis_v_Greece.pdf

In the following four cases, the Committee found, in its decision on the merits of the cases, no violation of the Covenant.

X.Y. v Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/X_Y_v_Spain.pdf
Donskov v Russian Federation http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Donskov_v_Russian_Federation.pdf
Jenny v Austria http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Jenny_v_Austria.pdf
Sipin v Estonia http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Sipin_v_Estonia.pdf

In the following ten cases, the Committee found the complaint to be inadmissible.

Sanjuan Martinez et al v Uruguay http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Sanjuan_Martinez_et_al_v_Uruguay.pdf
Tadman v Canada http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Tadman_v_Canada.pdf
Van der Plaat v New Zealand http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Van_der_Plaat_v_New_Zealand.pdf
Chadzjian et al v Netherlands http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Chadzjian_et_al_v_Netherlands.pdf
Fernandes et al v Netherlands http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Fernandes_et_al_v_Netherlands.pdf
Yemelianov et al v Russian Federation http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Yemelianov_et_al_v_Russian_Federation.pdf
Pham v Canada http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Pham_v_Canada.pdf
Aduhene Agyeman v Germany http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Aduhene_Agyeman_v_Germany.pdf
Brown v Namibia http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Brown_v_Namibia.pdf
Kibale v Canada http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Kibale_v_Canada.pdf


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