October - 7 November 2003
Issues and proceedings before the Committee
The Committee recalls its jurisprudence to the effect that it does not consider that the requirement of legal representation before the highest national judicial instance is not based on objective and reasonable criteria. The author has not advanced any arguments in support of her claim, beyond the mere assertion that this requirement was discriminatory. The Committee accordingly considers that she has not substantiated her claim, for purposes of admissibility.
Accordingly, the Committee decides: a) that the communication is inadmissible under article 2 of the Optional Protocol. b) that the decision will be transmitted to the author and, for information, to the State party. [Adopted in English, French and Spanish, the English text being the original version. Subsequently to be issued also in Arabic, Chinese and Russian as part of the Committee’s annual report to the General Assembly.]