Article 2 [Communications may be submitted by [or on behalf of] individuals or groups [of individuals] under the jurisdiction of a State Party claiming to be victims of a violation of any of the [rights] [provisions] set forth in the Convention [through an act or failure to act] by that State Party.] Alternative [Communications may be submitted by an individual or groups of individuals, or on their behalf, by organizations/their designated representatives, subject to the jurisdiction of a State Party, claiming to be victims of violations of any of the rights set forth in the Convention.] Article 3 Communications shall be in writing and shall not be anonymous. No communication shall be received by the Committee if it concerns a State Party to the Convention that is not a party to this Protocol. Article 4 1. The Committee shall not consider a communication unless it has ascertained that all available domestic remedies have been exhausted unless [it is demonstrated that] the application of such remedies is unreasonably prolonged or unlikely to bring effective relief [as determined in accordance with generally recognized rules of international law]. 2. The Committee shall declare a communication inadmissible where [, in the view of the Committee]: (i) (ii) The same matter has already been examined by the Committee or has been or is being examined under another procedure of international investigation or settlement; It is incompatible with the provisions of the Convention; [(iii) It is manifestly ill-founded or not sufficiently substantiated;] [(iv) It is [vexatious] or otherwise an abuse of the right to submit a communication;] (v) The facts that are the subject of the communication occurred prior to the entry into force of this Protocol for the State Party concerned unless those facts continued after that date. Article 5 1. At any time after the receipt of a communication and before a determination on the merits has been reached, the Committee may transmit to the State Party concerned for its [urgent] consideration a request that the State Party take interim measures as may be necessary to avoid possible irreparable damage to the victim or victims of the alleged violation. -80-