question 5.2 United Nations’ Human Rights

• It must be in writing and has to be submitted in one of the six UN official languages ( english, FRensh, Russin and spanis
• It must contain a description of the relevant facts (including names of alleged victims, dates, location and other evidence), with as much detail as possible, and shall not exceed 15 pages;
• It must not be manifestly politically motivated;
• It must not be exclusively based on reports disseminated by mass media;
• It is not being already dealt with by a special procedure, a treaty body or other United Nations or similar regional complaints procedure in the field of human rights;
• Domestic remedies have been exhausted, unless it appears that such remedies would be ineffective or unreasonably prolonged;
• It must not use a language that is abusive or insulting;
• The complaint procedure is not mandated to seek remedies in individual cases or to provide compensation to alleged victims