The same could not be said of a minor needing the protection of the State, as was the situation in the
instant case.
38. The Commission should not, therefore, be taken to have laid down a hard and fast rule that
whenever a Complainant finds himself outside the jurisdiction, the inescapable conclusion should be
that the requirement of exhaustion of local remedies mandated under Article 56.5 does not apply.
Holding
For these reasons, the Commission
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After reconsidering its decision on admissibility as taken at its 26 Ordinary Session in Kigali, Rwanda,
Declares the communication inadmissible for non-exhaustion of local remedies, having ascertained
that the Complainant neither resorted to local remedies, nor did he bring the alleged violations to the
attention of the Respondent State.
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Tripoli, Libya, 23 April to 7 May 2001.