CCPR/C/112/D/2117/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
25 November 2014
English
Original: French
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2117/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 112th session (7–31 October
2014)
GE.14-22809 (E)
Submitted by:
Halima Louddi (represented by Philippe
Grant of the Swiss organization Track
Impunity Always (TRIAL))
Alleged victims:
Hacen Louddi (the author’s son) and the
author herself
State party:
Algeria
Date of communication:
19 September 2011 (initial submission)
Document reference:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 19
September 2011 (not issued in document
form)
Date of adoption of Views:
30 October 2014
Subject matter:
Enforced disappearance
Substantive issues:
Right to an effective remedy, right to life,
prohibition of torture and cruel or inhuman
treatment, right to liberty and security of
person, respect for the inherent dignity of the
human person, recognition as a person before
the law and protection of family life
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Articles of the Covenant:
Articles 2 (para. 3), 6 (para. 1), 7, 9, 10 (para.
1), 16 and 23 (para. 1)
Article of the Optional Protocol:
Article 5 (para. 2 (b))
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