CCPR/C/115/D/2052/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
9 December 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2052/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 115th session
(19 October-6 November 2015)
Submitted by:
Suyunbai Akmatov, on behalf of his deceased
son, Turdubek Akmatov (represented by Rupert
Skilbeck of the Open Society Justice Initiative
and Nurdin Chydyev)
Alleged victim:
Turdubek Akmatov
State party:
Kyrgyzstan
Date of communication:
7 April 2011 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 21 April 2011
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
29 October 2015
Subject matter:
The author’s son’s death after alleged detention
and torture
Procedural issue:
Admissibility (exhaustion of domestic remedies)
Substantive issues:
Right to life, torture, torture — prompt and
impartial investigation
Articles of the Covenant:
Articles 6 (1) and 7, read separately and in
conjunction with article 2 (3)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
5 (2) (b)
GE.15-21670(E)
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