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into account:

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(i)

(ii)

the obligations already undertaken by the State

concerned under global and regional instruments

on human rights;

the human rights protected under the legal

systems of the State concerned;

(i

whether the situation before the Committee was

already under investigation by other competent

international bodies;

(iv)

whether available domestic remedies had been

exhausted or their application unreasonably

prolonged;

(v) whether there was provision for derogation from

certain rights in time of emergency in accord-

ance with the international obligations of the

State concerned.

17.

We further recommend that Heads of Government could

entrust to the Committee such additional functions of con-

ciliation or good offices as they consider appropriate in

special circumstances.

18.

We wish to stress that the proposed Commonwealth

Advisory Committee on Human Rights would not duplicate the work of other global or regional bodies in the field of human rights. The Committee would not be empowered to consider any communication submitted by an individual claiming that he or she was the victim of a violation of human rights,

except to the extent that that communication tended to reveal

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