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... Subject to the provisions of article 1, individuals who claim that any of their rights enumerated in the Covenant have been violated and who have exhausted all available domestic remedies may submit a written communication to the Committee for consideration. ...


... 1. Subject to the provisions of article 3, the Committee shall bring any communications submitted to it under the present Protocol to the attention of the State Party to the present Protocol alleged to be violating any provision of the Covenant. ...


... The Committee shall include in its annual report under article 45 of the Covenant a summary of its activities under the present Protocol. ...


... 2. Denunciation shall be without prejudice to the continued application of the provisions of the present Protocol to any communication submitted under article 2 before the effective date of denunciation. ...


... Irrespective of the notifications made under article 8, paragraph 5, of the present Protocol, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States referred to in article 48, paragraph I, of the Covenant of the following particulars: ...
... Irrespective of the notifications made under article 8, paragraph 5, of the present Protocol, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States referred to in article 48, paragraph I, of the Covenant of the following particulars: ...
... (a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under article 8; ...
... (b) The date of the entry into force of the present Protocol under article 9 and the date of the entry into force of any amendments under article 11; ...
... (b) The date of the entry into force of the present Protocol under article 9 and the date of the entry into force of any amendments under article 11; ...
... (c) Denunciations under article 12. ...


... 2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of the present Protocol to all States referred to in article 48 of the Covenant. ...