(b) The facts that are the subject of the communication occurred prior to the

entry into force of the present Protocol for the State Party concerned unless

those facts continued after that date;

(c) The same matter has already been examined by the Committee or has

been or is being examined under another procedure of international

investigation or settlement;

(d) It is incompatible with the provisions of the Covenant;

(e) It is manifestly ill-founded, not sufficiently substantiated or exclusively

based on reports disseminated by mass media;

(f) It is an abuse of the right to submit a communication; or when

(g) It is anonymous or not in writing.

Article 4

Communications not revealing a clear disadvantage

The Committee may, if necessary, decline to consider a communication

where it does not reveal that the author has suffered a clear disadvantage,

unless the Committee considers that the communication raises a serious

issue of general importance.

Article 5

Interim measures

1. At any time after the receipt of a communication and before a

determination on the merits has been reached, the Committee may transmit

to the State Party concerned for its urgent consideration a request that the

State Party take such interim measures as may be necessary in exceptional

circumstances to avoid possible irreparable damage to the victim or victims

of the alleged violations.

2. Where the Committee exercises its discretion under paragraph 1 of the

present article, this does not imply a determination on admissibility or on the

merits of the communication.

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