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Human Rights Committee
Procedure of individual communications under the Optional Protocol

REFERENCE: G/SO 215/51 ESP(MO)
CE/AP/ma 3160/2018

23 March 2018

Dear Mr. Krisch,

I have the honour to inform you that your communication dated 21 March 2018, submitted to the Human Rights Committee for consideration under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on behalf of Mr. Jordi Sánchez I Picanyol, has been registered as communication No. 3160/2018. You are kindly asked to refer to the registration number in any future correspondence. You are also invited lo address such future correspondence to the Petitions and Inquiries Section of the Human Rights treaty Bodies Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, petitions@ohchr.org.

Interim Measures

Under rule 92 of the Committee's rules of procedure, the State party has also been requested to take all necessary measures to ensure that Mr. Jordi Sánchez I Picanyol can exercise his political rights in compliance with article 25 of the Covenant. This request does not imply that any decision has been reached on the substance of the matter under consideration.

Registration of the case

In correspondence with rule 97 of the Committee's rules of procedure, a copy of the communication has been transmitted to the State party today, with the request that any information or observations in respect of both the question of admissibility and the merits of your communication should reach the Committee within six months. Any reply from the State party will be communicated to you in due course to enable you to comment thereon, if you so wish.

Confidentiality

Please be aware that final decisions adopted by the Human Rights Committee are made public. Therefore, if the author/alleged victim wishes his identity not to be disclosed in the final decision, you are kindly requested to so indicate as soon as possible. Kindly note that, due to the level of publicity the Committee's decisions usually receive (including dissemination via Internet, which thus makes the correction and/or deletion of data circulating online virtually impossible), it may not be possible to satisfy requests for anonymity submitted after the publication of the Committee's decision. The Committee shall not be responsible to the author/alleged victim in any manner for any inconvenience, arising out of his failure to notify the Committee in a timely manner about his decision not to have his name disclosed to the public at Large.

For information, I enclose a copy of the Committee's rules of procedure.

Yours sincerely,

Sarah H. CLEVELAND
Olivier de FROUVILLE
Human Rights Committee Special Rapporteurs on new communications and interim measures
Geneva

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