ABSTRACT
The Committee rejects the State Party's argument that a victim's right to contact the Committee directly is invalid in the case of persons imprisoned in Uruguay. The Committee has held unequivocally that the right of an individual under the O.P. to communicate with it regarding violations of rights contained in the Covenant must be effective and not rendered illusory by the State Party. The Committee was obviously right to conduct such a clear defence of the victim's right to uninterrupted access to, and communication with, the Committee, otherwise the right of individual communication is rendered meaningless. The Committee noted that the reservation only partly excluded article 14(5) from the obligations undertaken by Italy. The Committee lays particular stress on the fact that it affords a State Party every chance to furnish evidence in defence of the allegations made by the author.
