Claiming Human Rights

Concrete African Cases

The decision below illustrates, in the African context, how the mechanism of individual communication works in practice.

Communication No 1353/2005: Cameroon, 03/04/2007. CCPR/C89/D/1353/2005

For the complete communication of the Human Rights Committee see:
http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/MasterFrameView/e32eaa26754c637dc12572cf004ce208

For other decisions of the Human Rights Committee see:
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/undocs/undocs.htm