International law provides that any person whose rights have been violated shall have the right to an effective remedy in a national tribunal. When the body that decides the complaint is administrative (rather than judicial) in nature, then it should be separate from the body complained against. This would apply, for example, in the case of complaints against a broadcaster.
The UN Technical Team for the Malawi Referendum recommended that 'a recourse mechanism should be present providing for independent review of cases where restrictions on this right [to freedom of expression] have been applied.'35
See Complaints Procedure.
