132- تنص الفقرة 2(ب) من المادة 5 من البروتوكول الاختياري على ألا تنظر اللجنة في أي بلاغ قبل أن تتأكد من أن مقدمه استنفد جميع سبل التظلم المتاحة محلياً .
“the Committee reiterate[ed] its jurisprudence that in such a situation, it would have been incumbent on the author or his counsel to request an adjournment at the beginning of the trial, if it was felt that they had not had sufficient opportunity to properly prepare a defence.