Ballantyne et al. v. Canada

CCPR/C/47/D/359/1989

Communication number(s):

385/1989/Rev.1, 359/1989

Author:

John Ballantyne and Elizabeth Davidson ; Gordon MacIntyre

Type of decision:

Decision on merits

Session No

47

Country 

Canada

Submission date

21 Apr 1989

Date of decision

31 Mar 1993

Comment:

Five concurring and dissenting opinions have been submitted: A. Mr. Waleed Sadi (dissenting) B. Mr. Birame Ndiaye (dissenting) C. Mr. Kurt Herndl (dissenting/concurring) D. Mr. Bertil Wennergren (concurring) E. Mrs. Elizabeth Evatt, cosigned by Messrs. Nisuke Ando, Marco Tulio Bruni Celli, Vojin Dimitrijevic (concurring and elaborating)


Substantive issues:

  • discrimination on other grounds
  • discrimination on the ground of language
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • limitations of rights
  • minorities
  • restrictions of rights

Substantive articles:

  • 19 (2)
  • 19 (3)
  • 26
  • 27

Procedural issues:

  • exhaustion of domestic remedies
  • victim status

Procedural articles:

  • 1
  • 5 (2) (b)
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