witnesses or entered a private house without a warrant were liable to criminal prosecution. Referring to alleged cases of detention without trial, she emphasized that a decree signed on 11 August 1990 had led to the release of all those detained during the attempted coup in Cameroon, except those prisoners who had been lawfully convicted and sentenced to a term of six years' imprisonment or more. -72- IV. CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 14 OF THE CONVENTION 310. Under article 14 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, individuals or groups of individuals who claim that any of their rights enumerated in the Convention have been violated by a State party and who have exhausted all available domestic remedies may submit written communications to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination far consideration. Fourteen of the 129 States that have ratified or acceded to the Convention have declared that they recognize the competence of the Committee t0 receive and consider communications under article 14 of the Convention, sfi/ These States are Algeria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Hungary, Iceland, ItalYl the Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Senegal, Sweden and Uruguay. No communication can be received by the Committee if it concerns a State party to the Convention that has not recognized the competence of the Committee to receive and consider C0rumunications. 311. Consideration of communications under article 14 of the Convention takes place in closed meetings (rule 88 of the Committee's rules of procedure). All documents pertaining to the work of the Committee under article 14 (submissions from the Parties and other working documents of the Committee) are confidential. 312. In carrying out its work under article 14 of the Convention, the Committee may 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing human rights and the functioning of a international committee, specifically the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a legal or institutional context. The content focuses on the procedures and rules of the committee, as well as the rights protected under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, International trade