Article 1

Competence of the Committee to receive and

consider communications

1. A State Party to the Covenant that becomes a Party to the present Protocol

recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider

communications as provided for by the provisions of the present Protocol.

2. No communication shall be received by the Committee if it concerns a

State Party to the Covenant which is not a Party to the present Protocol.

Article 2

Communications

Communications may be submitted by or on behalf of individuals or groups

of individuals, under the jurisdiction of a State Party, claiming to be victims

of a violation of any of the economic, social and cultural rights set forth in

the Covenant by that State Party. Where a communication is submitted on

behalf of individuals or groups of individuals, this shall be with their

consent unless the author can justify acting on their behalf without such

consent.

Article 3

Admissibility

1. The Committee shall not consider a communication unless it has

ascertained that all available domestic remedies have been exhausted. This

shall not be the rule where the application of such remedies is unreasonably

prolonged.

2. The Committee shall declare a communication inadmissible when:

(a) It is not submitted within one year after the exhaustion of domestic

remedies, except in cases where the author can demonstrate that it had not

been possible to submit the communication within that time limit;

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