CCPR/C/GC/36
268
269
270
271
272
Ibid., para. 16.
Human Rights Committee, general comment No. 24 (1994) on issues relating to reservations made
upon ratification or accession to the Covenant or the Optional Protocols thereto, or in relation to the
declarations under article 41 of the Covenant, para. 8.
Human Rights Committee, general comment No. 14, para. 2.
Human Rights Committee, general comment No. 6, para. 2.
General Assembly resolution 60/1, paras. 138–139.
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