Drescher Caldas v. Uruguay

Abstract

Human rights — Arrest and detention — Right of arrested person to be told reason for arrest — Detention incommunicado — Whether violating standard of humane treatment — Fair trial — Right to consult counsel — Defendant allowed access only to court-appointed lawyer — Right to prompt trial — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966

International tribunals — Competence — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Communication alleging violations of Covenant — Admissibility — Whether submitted to other procedure of international investigation — Exhaustion of domestic remedies — Absence of effective remedies