CCPR/C/128/D/2339/2014
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
12 June 2020
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of
the Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2339/2014*, **
Communication submitted by:
Rizvan Taysumov, Salman Temirbulatov,
Khamit Barakhayev, Arzu Yusupov, Magamed
Alarkhanov and Tamerlan Yashuev (represented
by counsel from TRIAL International and the
Stitching Russian Justice Initiative)
Alleged victims:
The authors
State party:
Russian Federation
Date of communication:
28 October 2013 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 30 January 2014 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
11 March 2020
Subject matter:
Unlawful detention, torture and mistreatment of
the authors
Procedural issues:
Non-substantiation of the claims; abuse of right
of submission
Substantive issues:
Torture; arbitrary arrest; detention; presumption
of innocence; fair trial; preparation for defence;
interpreters
Articles of the Covenant:
7, read alone and in conjunction with 2 (3),
9 (1)–(4) and 14 (2) and (3) (a), (b) and (g)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2, 3 and 5 (2) (b)
1.
The authors of the communication are Rizvan Taysumov, a national of the Russian
Federation, of Chechen origin, born in 1979; Salman Temirbulatov, a national of the
Russian Federation, of Chechen origin, born in 1972; Khamit Barakhayev, a national of
Kazakhstan born in 1954; Arzu Yusupov, a national of the Russian Federation, of Chechen
origin, born in 1985; Magamed Alarkhanov, a national of the Russian Federation, of
* Adopted by the Committee at its 128th session (2–27 March 2020).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Yadh
Ben Achour, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran,
Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel
Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja and Gentian Zyberi.
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