pinkney v. Canada

Abstract

State responsibility — Nature and kinds of — For wrongs unconnected with contractual obligations — Acts and omissions of State organs and officials — Exhaustion of legal remedies International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 Optional Protocol — Communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee — Allegation of undue delay of appeal — Complaint to Supreme Court of Canada — Whether effective for purpose of avoiding undue delay

International organization and administration — The United Nations — Other organs of the United Nations — Human Rights Committee — Functions of — Procedure — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Optional Protocol

The individual in international law — In general — Human rights and freedoms — Right to fair hearing — Right of detained persons to be treated with humanity and dignity — Right of accused to be segregated from convicted persons — Right of protection against arbitrary or unlawful interference with correspondence — Right to trial without undue delay in determination of criminal charge — Whether to be applied in conjunction with right to review of conviction by higher tribunal — Exhaustion of domestic remedies — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Optional Protocol — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Functions of — Responsibility for delay of appeal — Meaning of requirement of segregation