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the right to fisheries, though, still give the right to access to court, for instance in respect of the
allocation of quota and of the regulations governing customary fishing rights. The authors have
not substantiated the claim that the enactment of the new legislative framework has barred their
access to court in any matter falling within the scope of article 14, paragraph 1. Consequently,
the Committee finds that the facts before it do not disclose a violation of article 14, paragraph 1.
10. The Human Rights Committee, acting under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol
to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, is of the view that the facts before it
do not reveal a breach of any of the articles of the Covenant.
[Adopted in English, French and Spanish, the English text being the original version.
Subsequently to be translated into Arabic, Chinese and Russian as part of the Committee’s
Annual Report to the General Assembly.]