CCPR/C/117/D/2124/2011 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 29 March 2017 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2124/2011*, **, *** Communication submitted by: Mohamed Rabbae, A.B.S and N.A. (represented by counsels, Ettina Prakken and Michiel Pestman) Alleged victims: The authors State party: The Netherlands Date of communication: 15 November 2011 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 20 December 2011 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 14 July 2016 Subject matter: Incitement to racial or religious hatred by a politician Procedural issues: Victim standing; preclusion ratione materiae; exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issues: Right to an effective remedy; right to a fair hearing; incitement to racial or religious hatred; right to equality before the law and equal * Adopted by the Committee at its 117th session (20 June-15 July 2016). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Olivier de Frouville, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval. *** Seven opinions signed by 11 Committee members are annexed to the present Views. The annexes are reproduced as received, in the language of submission only. GE.17-03929 (E) 