June 1088 Tb' HumID light. Committ••, Istabli.hed under article 28 ot the IDterDatioDal CoveDant OD Civil and Political li9hts, Htltipg OD 7 April 1080, Adopts tbe followiD91 pegisiop OP IOmillibi1ity
Thl autbor of tbl communicatioD, datld 1 June 1088, b I. L., a C.adiaD citi'.D curreDtly residiD9 iD tbl proviDce of Quebec. al claim. t.o be a victim of violatioD' of his buman ri9hts by tbe r~.dian courts, alll9iDq tbat duriDq bankruptcy proceediD9' hi. ri9hts to equality before tbe law aDd to a fair trial were deDild. ID particular, be a11eges tbat tbe iudges iD botb tbe trial aDd tbe appellate courts rllie4 OD fal.e evidlDce and cllarly favoured the other party, a lawyer of a presti9ious law fim, iD botb procedure and .ub.tance. ae further claims tbat all deci.ioDS reDderld were the product of bad falth aDd bia. OD tbe part of tbe iudge••
Witb rl9ard to the i ••ue of ezbaustioD of dome.tic re..die., the author claims that it would be futile to fUe furtber appeal. OD tbe 9roud of thl ufair attitude allegedly eahibited by tbe iudges. Se eDclo.e., however, a copy of a petitioD for a declaratory iUdgemeDt, dated 31 May 1088, iD wbich he a.t. the Superior Court of thl Di.trict of MoDtreal to declare tbat the ri9hts to equality blfore the law and to a fair trial, a. eDshriDed iD tbe CaDadian aDd Quebec Charter. of li9hts and Libertie., apply to him.
Before cOD.ideriD9 any claim. cODtaiDed iD a communicatioD, tbe Ca-mittll mUlt aecertaiD whether it fulfill tbl ba.ic cODditioD' of adail.ibility UDder tbe OptioDal Protocol. t. A tboroU9h e.amiDatioD of tbl ~.~erial lubmitted by thl author dOli DOt reveal aDy .ubstantiatioD of the clalm, for purpoee. of adai.eibility, that hi i. a victim of violatioDI by the Stat. party of any of tbe ri9htl .et forth iD the IDterDatioDal CovlDant OD Civil and Political li9htS. rurthe~re, thl author ha. aCkDow),"G'qod tbat he ha. 'Qot eKhaust.d all domeetic remedie., which he i. required to do v~d~r article 5, par.~~.ph , (b), of tbe OptioDal Protocol. The communicatioD doe. DOt di.clo.e the l.isteDcI of any .pecial circum.tancI' which mi9bt have absolved the author from IKhaultiD9 tbe d~.eltic re..4i~. at hie dlepos~l. The Committee cODclude. that the requirlmeDt. for dlclar1D9 thl communicBtioD admi.eible UDder the OptioDal Protocol have Dot beeD met. (b) That this decision be communicated to the author and, for information, to the State party.