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(c) The Committee shall deal with a matter referred to it only after it has ascertained that all available
domestic remedies have been invoked and exhausted in the matter, in conformity with the generally
recognized principles of international law. This shall not be the rule where, in the view of the
Committee, the application of the remedies is unreasonably prolonged;
(d) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph ( c ) of the present paragraph, the Committee shall
make available its good offices to the States Parties concerned with a view to a friendly solution of the
matter on the basis of the respect for the obligations set forth in the present Convention;
(e) The Committee shall hold closed meetings when examining communications under the present
article;
(f) In any matter referred to it in accordance with subparagraph ( b ) of the present paragraph, the
Committee may call upon the States Parties concerned, referred to in subparagraph ( b ), to supply
any relevant information;
(g) The States Parties concerned, referred to in subparagraph ( b ) of the present paragraph, shall
have the right to be represented when the matter is being considered by the Committee and to make
submissions orally and/or in writing;
(h) The Committee shall, within twelve months after the date of receipt of notice under subparagraph
(b) of the present paragraph, submit a report, as follows:
(i) If a solution within the terms of subparagraph (d) of the present paragraph is reached, the
Committee shall confine its report to a brief statement of the facts and of the solution reached;
(ii) If a solution within the terms of subparagraph (d) is not reached, the Committee shall, in its report,
set forth the relevant facts concerning the issue between the States Parties concerned. The written
submissions and record of the oral submissions made by the States Parties concerned shall be
attached to the report. The Committee may also communicate only to the States Parties concerned
any views that it may consider relevant to the issue between them.
In every matter, the report shall be communicated to the States Parties concerned.
2. The provisions of the present article shall come into force when ten States Parties to the present
Convention have made a declaration under paragraph 1 of the present article. Such declarations shall
be deposited by the States Parties with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall
transmit copies thereof to the other States Parties. A declaration may be withdrawn at any time by
notification to the Secretary-General. Such a withdrawal shall not prejudice the consideration of any
matter that is the subject of a communication already transmitted under the present article; no further
communication by any State Party shall be received under the present article after the notification of
withdrawal of the declaration has been received by the Secretary-General, unless the State Party
concerned has made a new declaration.
Article 77
1. A State Party to the present Convention may at any time declare under the present article that it
recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from or on
behalf of individuals subject to its jurisdiction who claim that their individual rights as established by
the present Convention have been violated by that State Party. No communication shall be received by
the Committee if it concerns a State Party that has not made such a declaration.
2. The Committee shall consider inadmissible any communication under the present article which is
anonymous or which it considers to be an abuse of the right of submission of such communications or
to be incompatible with the provisions of the present Convention.
3. The Committee shall not consider any communication from an individual under the present article
unless it has ascertained that: