M. Communication Wo. 382/1989. C.F. v. Jamaica (decision of 28 July 1992. adopted at the forty-fifth session) fiuhmitted bv; C.F. (name deleted) Alleged victim: The author State party: Jamaica Date of cpmmunicationi 2 August 1989 (initial submission) The Human Rights Committee., established under article 28 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Meeting on 28 July 1992, Adopts the following: on admissibilitv 1. The author of the communication is C.F., a Jamaican citizen born in January 1961, currently awaiting execution at St. Catherine District Prison, Jamaica, He claims to be a victim of violations of his human rights by Jamaica but does not invoke the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Facts as,, submitted by the author 2.1 The author was arrested on 22 February 1980 and charged with the murder of one X.&..; on 26 January 1981, he was found guilty as charged and sentenced to death in the Home Circuit Court of Kingston, Jamaica. The Jamaican Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal on 18 November 1981. The author subsequently sought to petition the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for special leave to appeal; in 1990 a London-based law firm accepted to represent him pro bono for this purpose. As of May 1992, the petition had not been filed. 2.2 It appears that warrants for the author's execution were signed on two occasions by the Governor-General of Jamaica. On both occasions the author was granted a stay of execution, the second time in February 1988. 2.3 With respect to the facts, it is merely stated that a prosecution witness testified during the trial that, on the night of the crime, she had heard the deceased talk to the author outside her house, apparently begging for his life, which would appear to imply that the deceased and the author were engaged in a dispute. Complaint 3.1 It transpires from the author's submissions that he considers that he did not receive a fair trial, or that he has been discriminated against; repeatedly, he refers to the difficulties encountered in Jamaica, be it in the local courts or in everyday life, to obtain "justice for Black people". -378-