Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2021
The individual in international law — In general — Human rights and freedoms — Detention without access to lawyer or family — Trial by military court — Trial not held in public — Judgment not made public — Habeas corpus not available — Allegations of torture — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Optional Protocol — U.N. Human Rights Committee — Procedure — Right of individual petition — Evidence — Consideration of same case by another human rights tribunal