CCPR/C/83/D/1134/2002
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Subject matter: Right to self-determination of former British Southern Cameroon Arbitrary detention of separatist leader - Conditions of detention - Denial of right to vote in
elections
Procedural issues: Admissibility ratione temporis and ratione materiae - Substantiation of
claims by author - Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues: Right to self-determination - Liberty and security of person - Right of
persons deprived of their liberty to be treated with humanity - Segregation of accused from
convicted persons - Liberty of movement - Compensation for miscarriage of justice - Right to
vote
Articles of the Covenant: 1 (1), 7, 9 (1), 10 (1) and (2), 12, 14 (6), 19 and 25 (b)
Articles of the Optional Protocol: 1, 2, 3 and 5 (2) (b)
On 17 March 2005, the Human Rights Committee adopted the annexed draft as the
Committee’s Views, under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol in respect of
communication No. 1134/2002. The text of the Views is appended to the present document.
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