CCPR/C/128/D/2819/2016 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 30 September 2020 English Original: French Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2819/2016*, ** Communication submitted by: Aïcha Habouchi (represented by counsel, Nassera Dutour, of the Collectif des familles de disparu(e)s en Algérie) Alleged victims: The author and Abdelhakim Houari (the author’s son) State party: Algeria Date of communication: 7 April 2016 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 6 January 2017 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 27 March 2020 Subject matter: Enforced disappearance Procedural issue: Exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issues: Right to an effective remedy; cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; liberty and security of person; human dignity; access to justice; recognition as a person before the law Articles of the Covenant: 2 (2) and (3), 6, 7, 9, 10, 14 and 16 Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2, 3 and 5 (2) 1.1 The author of the communication is Aïcha Habouchi, a national of Algeria. She claims that her son, Abdelhakim Houari, born on 19 May 1974 and also an Algerian national, was the victim of an enforced disappearance attributable to the State party, in violation of articles 2 (3), 6, 7, 9, 10 and 16 of the Covenant. The author also claims to have suffered a violation of her rights under article 2 (2) and (3), article 7 read in conjunction with article 2 (3), and article 14 of the Covenant. The Covenant and the Optional Protocol entered into force for the * Adopted by the Committee at its 128th session (2–27 March 2020). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi. GE.20-12768 (E) 161020  161020

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