وسيظل بعيدا عن القطع القول إن ممارسة الدول، خارج أوروبا، ستسهم بشكل كبير في توفير الحماية للأسرة في مثل هذه الحالات.“Martin, David A., “The Authority and Responsibility of States” in Alexander T. Aleinikoff and V. Chetail (eds.
But the Committee's practice remains rather undeveloped - it has had only a limited number of communications in this realm - and, in any event, the Committee has not been given the authority to provide binding interpretations of the Covenant. The ultimate test may prove to be the actual practice of states that are party to the Covenant.