Vidal v. Uruguay

Abstract

State responsibility — Nature and kinds of — For breaches of treaty obligations — Refusal to issue passport to citizen abroad — Right to leave any country — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, Article 12(2) — 0ptional Protocol — United Nations Human Rights Committee

International organization and administration — The United Nations — Other organs of the United Nations — Human Rights Committee — Jurisdiction under International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, and Optional Protocol thereto — Competence to consider communication from citizen living abroad

The individual in international law — In general — Human rights and freedoms — Right to leave any country — Refusal to issue passport to citizen living abroad — Freedom of expression — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, Articles 12(2) and 19 — Optional Protocol — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Competence — Whether within jurisdiction of national authorities to issue passport to citizen living abroad — Procedure — Findings of fact in absence of evidence from State party