CCPR/C/121/D/2764/2016 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 19 December 2017 English Original: French Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2764/2016*, ** Communication submitted by: Cyrille Gervais Moutono Zogo Alleged victims: Achille Benoit Zogo Andela (father of the author) State party: Cameroon Date of communication: 28 October 2014 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 26 April 2016 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 8 November 2017 Subject matter: Criminal proceedings for misappropriation of public funds; prolonged detention Procedural issues: Non-substantiation of claims; exhaustion of domestic remedies; incompatibility with the provisions of the Covenant Substantive issues: Right to an effective remedy; inhuman or degrading treatment; arbitrary detention; imprisonment for non-fulfilment of contractual obligations; non-retroactivity of criminal law; right to recognition as a person before the law; discrimination Articles of the Covenant: 2 (3); 7; 9 (1), (3), (4) and (5); 11; 14 (1), (2), (3) (c) and (5); 15 (1); 16; and 26 Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2, 3 and 5 (2) (b) 1. The author of the communication dated 28 October 2014 is Cyrille Gervais Moutono Zogo, a national of Cameroon residing in France, who is submitting the communication on behalf of his father, Achille Benoit Zogo Andela, a national of Cameroon, born in Yaoundé * Adopted by the Committee at its 121st session (16 October–10 November 2017). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Christof Heyns, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, José Manuel Santos Pais, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany and Margo Waterval. GE.17-22814 (E) 290118 290118 

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