وفهم معنى مبدأ non bis in idem على هذا النحو قد يشجع الدول الأطراف على إعادة النظر في تحفظاتها على الفقرة 7 من المادة 14.
Since such restrictions must, inter alia, be consistent with the other rights recognized in the Covenant, a State party cannot, by restraining an alien or deporting him to a third country, arbitrarily prevent his return to his own country (art. 12, para.