70+6'& 0#6+105  +PVGTPCVKQPCN%QPXGPVKQPQP VJG'NKOKPCVKQP QHCNN(QTOUQH 4CEKCN&KUETKOKPCVKQP %'4& Distr. RESTRICTED* CERD/C/62/D/26/2002 14 April 2003 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Sixty-second session 3-21 March 2003 OPINION Communication No. 26/2002 Submitted by: Stephen Hagan (represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The petitioner State Party: Australia Date of the communication: 31 July 2002 Date of the present decision: 20 March 2003 [ANNEX] * Made public by decision of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. GE.03-41199 (E) 050503