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Martínez Machado v. Uruguay

United Nations Human Rights Committee.  04 November 1983 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Human rights — Arrest and detention — Right to humane treatment — Detention incommunicado — Whether entailing a violation of the right to humane treatment — Conditions of detention — Fair trial — Right to be brought before court without undue delay — Right to consult counsel — Defendant allowed access only to court-appointed lawyer — Whether defendant denied opportunity to prepare defence — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966

International tribunals — Competence — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Exhaustion of domestic remedies — Absence of effective remedies — Effect of failure of State Party to specify remedies which should have been exhausted

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1989

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