Pietroroia v. Uruguay

Abstract

State responsibility — Nature and kinds of — For wrongs unconnected with contractual obligations — Exhaustion of legal remedies — Inter — national Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Proceedings before U.N. Human Rights Committee — Exhaustion of domestic remedies — Effectiveness of remedies before a military court — Whether victim of alleged violation of Covenant required to exhaust remedies of an exceptional nature — Whether State party entitled to raise question of domestic remedies after communicationhas been declared admissible

The individual in international law — In general — Human rights and freedoms — Detention incommunicado — Inhuman and degrading treatment — Habeas corpus not available — Trial held in closed session — Accused not properly represented — Retroactive application of penal laws — Punishment of accused for political opinions — Deprivation of political rights — Exhaustion of domestic remedies — Effectiveness of remedies before military courts — Whether accused required to exhaust remedies of an extraordinary nature — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Optional Protocol — U.N. Human Rights Committee — Procedure — Findings of fact in absence of evidence from State party — Whether State party entitled to raise question of domestic remedies after communication has been declared admissible