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Viana Acosta v. Uruguay

United Nations Human Rights Committee.  29 March 1984 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Human rights — Arrest and detention — Conditions of detention — Prisoner held incommunicado — Whether failure to treat prisoner with humanity and with respect for inherent human dignity — Torture, inhuman and degrading treatment — Psychiatric experiments — Proof — Fair trial — Right to consult counsel — Defendant allowed access only to court-appointed lawyer — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966

International tribunals — Competence — Procedure — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Optional Protocol to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Communication alleging violations of Covenant — Requirement that complainant be within the jurisdiction of State Party — Whether requirement applicable to date at which alleged violation occurred or date at which communication submitted — Whether allegations to be treated as substantiated in the absence of evidence to contrary from State Party

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1989

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