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Estrella v. Uruguay

United Nations Human Rights Committee.  29 March 1983 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Human rights — Arrest and detention — Abduction — Torture, inhuman and degrading treatment — Fair trial — Trial held in camera — Defendant denied lawyer of own choice — Prisoners' rights — Censorship of correspondence — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, Articles 7, 10, 14 and 17

International tribunals — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Jurisdiction — Individual petition — Petitioner not a national of the respondent State — Whether complaint admissible — Events complained of allegedly occurring within territory of respondent State — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, Optional Protocol

Claims — Local remedies rule — Absence of effective remedies

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1988

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