CCPR/C/112/D/2117/2011
Annex
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5,
paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (112th session)
concerning
Communication No. 2117/2011*
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)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 30 October 2014,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2117/2011, submitted by
Halima Louddi under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights,
Having taken into account all written information made available to it by the author
of the communication and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol
1.1
The author of the communication, which is dated 19 September 2011, is Halima
Louddi, born on 16 January 1934 in Bordj el Kifane, Algeria. She claims that her son,
Hacen Louddi, born on 1 September 1960, was the victim of enforced disappearance
attributable to the State party, in violation of articles 2 (para. 3), 6 (para. 1), 7, 9, 10 (para.
1), 16 and 23 (para. 1) of the Covenant. The author also claims that she herself and her
family are the victims of violations of articles 2 (para. 3), 7 and 23 (para. 1) of the Covenant.
She is represented by Philippe Grant of the organization TRIAL.
*
The following members of the Committee took part in the consideration of the communication: Yadh
Ben Achour, Christine Chanet, Cornelis Flinterman, Yuji Iwasawa, Walter Kälin, Gerald L. Neuman,
Sir Nigel Rodley, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall B. Seetulsingh, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany,
Konstantine Vardzelashvili, Margo Waterval and Andrei Paul Zlătescu.
In accordance with article 90 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, Lazhari Bouzid did not take part
in the consideration of the communication.
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