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"Where the investigations referred to in paragraph 15 reveal violations of certain Covenant rights, States Parties must ensure that those responsible are brought to justice. As with failure to investigate, failure the bring to justice perpetrators of such violations could in an of itself give rise to a separate breach of the Covenant."

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UN (CCPR): General Comment No. 31[80]: Nature of the General Legal Obligation on States Parties to the Covenant, para. 18

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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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Where a violation is found to have occurred states have a duty to punish those guilty of the violation.