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personally or by a third party acting on behalf of the individual
or groups alleging to be victims, with their authorisation. 720
Another issue is whether third persons or entities may act on
behalf of the individuals or groups claiming to be victims,
without their authorisation. Treaty bodies generally allow for
this on condition that the person or entity applying must justify
the absence of authorisation, for example, because the victim
is in a particular situation of risk or vulnerability which prevents
him or her from availing of the communication procedure, or
not yet into force (OP-CRC-CP); Rule 13, Rules of Procedure under the
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a
Communications Procedure, UN Doc. CRC/C/62/3, 16 April 2013 (CRC
Rules of Procedure); Rule 4, Provisional Rules of Procedure under the
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights, UN Doc. E/C.12/49/3, 15 January 2013 (CESCR
Provisional Rules of Procedure); Article 1, Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (OP-CRPD); Rule
69, Rules of Procedure of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, UN Doc. CRPD/C/4/2, 13 August 2010 (CRPD Rules of
Procedure).
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See, Rule 96(b), Rules of Procedure of the Human Rights
Committee, UN Doc. CCPR/C/3/Rev.10, 11 January 2012 (CCPR Rules
of Procedure); Article 2 OP-ICESCR; Rule 113(a), CAT Rules of
Procedure; Rule 91(b), CERD Rules of Procedure; Article 2 OP-CEDAW.
See also, Rule 68(1), CEDAW Rules of Procedure; Article 5, Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a
Communications Procedure, not yet into force (OP-CRC-CP); Rule 13,
Rules of Procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on
the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure, UN Doc.
CRC/C/62/3, 16 April 2013 (CRC Rules of Procedure); Rule 4,
Provisional Rules of Procedure under the Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UN
Doc. E/C.12/49/3, 15 January 2013 (CESCR Provisional Rules of
Procedure); Article 1, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (OP-CRPD); Rule 69, Rules of
Procedure of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
UN Doc. CRPD/C/4/2, 13 August 2010 (CRPD Rules of Procedure);
Rule 68, Rules of Procedure of the Committee on Enforced
Disappearances, UN Doc. CED/C/1, 22 June 2012 (CED Rules of
Procedure).