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Simpson v. Jamaica

Reference: CCPR/C/73/D/695/1996

Decision Year: 2001-10-31

Information Source: Follow-up Report on Views (Oct. 2014)

According to the Victim or his/her Counsel:
The State party still refuses to provide the author with an effective remedy.He lives in precarious conditions, and he is homeless.  The Committee should intervene before the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo on his behalf.

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  • Article 10 Article 14.3 (d)

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  • Conditions of detention Right to defence

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