CCPR/C/128/D/2568/2015
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
26 May 2020
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional
Protocol, concerning communication No. 2568/2015*, **
Communication submitted by:
D.G., D.G., E.B., M.A., L.L., R.G., E.M., V.H.,
M.C., E.P., M.C., W.D., J.D., J.B., L.C.F.,
N.L.V., E.S., E.B., A.P., M.P., R.R., J.B., M.B.,
L.G., V.C., A.C., A.M., S.Y., J.Y., G.A., C.A.S.,
A.V.M., T.B., A.B., G.A., I.A., M.S., G.A., F.D.,
M.C., I.G., R.P., J.E., R.E., P.A., A.O., M.A.O.,
C.A., G.S., R.M., M.A., A.B., C.E., A.C., D.C.,
A.B., R.B., C.B., D.L., A.V., M.I.G., C.B., S.B.,
R.G.B., C.M., J.J., G.G., F.A., L.G., G.R., P.P.,
S.B., J.P., R.V., A.B., G.L. (on behalf of her
deceased son, A.L.), M.H. (on behalf of her
deceased husband, A.H.), A.H., D.A., T.A., A.G.,
N.D., F.P., P.P., J.P., C.S., J.A., P.R., S.C., P.P.,
G.Q., M.M., S.B., A.G., P.J.G., N.S., N.S., K.A.,
J.V.J., R.G. and A.B. (represented by Bret Thiele,
Lauren Carasik and Melona R. Daclan)
Alleged victims:
The authors
State party:
The Philippines
Date of communication:
25 March 2013 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 13 February 2015 (not issued
in document form)
Date of adoption of decision:
13 March 2020
Subject matter:
Forced eviction; lack of access to an effective
remedy; right to privacy
Procedural issues:
Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies; level of
substantiation of claims
Substantive issues:
Forced eviction; right to remedy; right to life;
violence and use of excessive force in the context
* 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, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi.
GE.20-07065(E)