CCPR/C/105/D/1303/2004
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
28 August 2012
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 1303/2004
Views adopted by the Committee at its 105th session (9-27 July 2012)
GE.12-45224
Submitted by:
Joyce Nawila Chiti (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
Jack Chiti, the author and their five children.
State party:
Zambia
Date of communication:
26 July 2004 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 9 August 2004
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
26 July 2012
Subject matter:
Alleged torture, death penalty following unfair
trial and forced eviction with no adequate
remedy
Substantive issue:
Torture, unfair trial, arbitrary arrest and
detention; death penalty; right to privacy, to
family and child protection; freedom of
movement; and right to adequate remedy
Procedural issue:
Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies.
Articles of the Covenant:
2, para. 3; 7; 9, para. 1; 10, para. 1; 12, para. 1;
14, para. 3 (c) and (g); 16; 17, paras. 1 and 2; 23,
para. 1; 24, para. 1; and 26
Article of the Optional Protocol:
5, para. 2 (b)