It is true, as you state in your letter of 26 may 1975, that every Bahá'í may write direct to the Universal House of Justice but this does not apply in the case of appeals which should be submitted through the National Spiritual Assembly. Only if the Assembly fails to forward the appeal within a reasonable time should the appellant take the case directly to the Universal House of Justice. This process is explained in Article XVIII of the Constitution of the Universal House of Justice.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of Germany, June 17, 1975; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)