359/1989 and 385/1989) was a case on Quebec's language law submitted in 1989 and decided by the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations in 1993.
They alleged to be victims of violations of articles 2, 19 (freedom of expression), 26 (ban of discrimination) and 27 (minority rights) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the Federal Government of Canada and by the Province of Quebec, because they were forbidden to use English in advertising or in the name of their firms.
[4] Waleed Sadi filed a dissent, considering that domestic remedies were not exhausted by authors before appealing to Human Rights Committee.
[7] Bertil Wennergren filed a concurrence, considering that "prohibition to use any other language than French for commercial outdoor advertising in Quebec does not infringe on any of the rights protected under article 27".
[8] Elizabeth Evatt, Nisuke Ando, Marco Tulio Bruni Celli, and Vojin Dimitrijević filed a concurrence stating that the term "minority" should not be interpreted "solely on the basis of the number of members of the group in question in the State party".