The UN Human Rights Committee:

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• Communication form - download PDF [84Kb]. See Guides below
• Overview of procedure
• Procedure
• Rules of Procedure
• Committee decision: A against Australia

• Guide to lodging communications with the Human Rights Committee
• Sample communication form (Iraqi family in detention)
• Sample covering letter, Authority and Rule 86 request download Microsoft Word document [21Kb]
• Pro forma materials for rule 86 requests

• A Guide to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Australian Human Rights Centre)
• Commentary (Kate Eastman)

The UN Committee Against Torture

• Convention Against Torture

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• Communication form download PDF [84Kb]
• Procedure

Committee decision: Sadiq Shek Elmi against Australia

Guides to communications: Commentary (Kate Eastman)

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