The author of the communication dated 9 April 1984, D. F., is a Swedish citizen, born in Austria on 23 April 1942. He claims to Gubmit the communication on his own behalf and, it appears, on behalf of Arabs and Muslims (not further specified) who allegedly have constantly been the targets of discrimination and abuse in Sweden. The author submits that his communication reveals breaches by Sweden of the following articles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: article 2, paragraph 1, article 5, paragraph 1, article 7, article 14, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 (d), (e) and (g), article 15, paragraph 1, article 17, article 25. (a) and. article 26. l.~ As to steps taken to exhaust domesti~ remedies the author submits the text of a reply addressed to him on 12 July 1983 by the Office of the Attorney-General, in response to his request that the Attorney-General bring to trial.those responsible for a cartoon which appeared in a Stockholm newspaper and which the author considered to reveal racial hatred against Arabs. The reply informed D. F. that the Attorney-General did not intend to take any action on the basis of his complaint.
As it is obliged to do, under article 5, paragraph 2, (a), of the Optional Protocol, the Human Rights Committee has ascertained that D. F. has also filed an application with the European Commission of Human RightG, which is pending for consideration before that body.
The Human Rights Committee has carefully reviewed the communication submitted by D. F., including a dossier of various enclosures purporting to substantiate his -228-
As the communication fails to fulfil the requirements of articles 2 and 5, paragraph 2 (a), of the Option~l Protocol, the Human Rights Committee decides: The communication is inadmissible. -229-