X v. Colombia

Comment:

An individual opinion co-signed by Committee members Mr. Abdelfattah Amor and Mr. Ahmed Tawfik Khalil, is appended to the views. Pursuant to rule 90 of the Committee's rules of procedure, Committee member Mr. Rafael Rivas Posada did not participate in the adoption of the present decision

Substantive issues:

• discrimination on other grounds
• discrimination on the ground of nationality
• discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation
• equality before the courts and tribunals
• equality before the law
• fair trial
• family rights
• privacy

Substantive articles:

• 2 (1)
• 3
• 5 (1)
• 14 (1)
• 17 (1)
• 26

Procedural issues:

• ratione materiae

Procedural articles:

• 2
• 3