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"Article 2, paragraph 3, requires that in addition to effective protection of Covenant rights States Parties must ensure that individuals also have accessible and effective remedies to vindicate those rights…The Committee attaches importance to States Parties' establishing appropriate judicial and administrative mechanisms for addressing claims of rights violations under domestic law."

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UN (CCPR): General Comment No. 31[80]: Nature of the General Legal Obligation on States Parties to the Covenant, para. 15

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General Comment No. 31[80]: Nature of the General Legal Obligation on States Parties to the Covenant

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States have a duty to protect the fundamental human rights of all within their jurisdiction.