CCPR/C/115/D/2048/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
9 December 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2048/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 115th session
(19 October-6 November 2015)
Submitted by:
Emira Kadirić and Dino Kadirić (represented by
counsel, TRIAL: Track Impunity Always)
Alleged victims:
The authors and Ermin Kadirić (their husband
and father, respectively)
State party:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of communication:
24 January 2011 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decisions,
transmitted to the State party on 15 April 2011
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
5 November 2015
Subject matter:
Arbitrary arrest and detention, torture, inhuman
and degrading treatment, extrajudicial killing and
subsequent removal and concealment of the
mortal remains
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Right to life; torture; cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment; liberty and
security of person; human dignity; protection of
the law; children rights; right to an effective
remedy
Articles of the Covenant:
2 (3), 6, 7, 9, 16, 24 and 26
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
5 (2) (b)
GE.15-21518(E)
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