Damian Thomas v. Jamaica
United Nations Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 800/1998, U.N. Doc. CCPR/65/D/800/1998
Relevant factsFree
Damian Thomas (plaintiff), arrested and convicted of murder in Jamaica at age 15, was sentenced to adult prison and filed a petition with the UN Human Rights Committee under the ICCPR's Optional Protocol; Jamaica (defendant) denounced the Optional Protocol effective January 23, 1998, and Thomas later wrote to add a claim of prison beatings after that denouncement date.
IssueFree
Whether citizens of nations that have adopted the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights may bring individual complaints directly to the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations.