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"Article 14 is also relevant where a State, in its legal order, recognizes courts based on customary law, or religious courts, to carry our to entrusts them with judicial tasks. It must be ensured that such courts cannot hand down binding judgments recognized by the State, unless the following requirements are met:...the basic requirements of fair trial and other relevant guarantees of the Covenant, and their judgments are validated by State courts in light of the guarantees set out in the Covenant and can be challenged by the parties concerned in a procedure meeting the requirements of article 14 of the Covenant."

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UN (CCPR): General Comment No. 32: Right to Equality Before Courts and Tribunals and to Fair Trial (Article 14), para. 24

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General Comment No. 32: Right to Equality Before Courts and Tribunals and to Fair Trial (Article 14)

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The guarantee to equality before the courts extends to judicial bodies entrusted with any judicial task (including customary and religious courts).