CCPR/C/112/D/2051/2011
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. 2051/2011*
Submitted by:
Jit Man Basnet and Top Bahadur Basnet
(represented by counsel, Track Impunity
Always-TRIAL)
Alleged victim:
The authors
State party:
Nepal
Date of communication:
8 February 2011 (initial submission)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 29 October 2014,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2051/2011, submitted to
the Human Rights Committee by Jit Man Basnet and Top Bahadur Basnet 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 authors
of the communication and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol
1.
The authors of the communication are Jit Man Basnet, and Top Bahadur Basnet,
Nepalese nationals, born on 17 December 1975 and 27 October 1981, respectively. They
claim that the State party has violated Jit Man Basnet’s rights under articles 7, 9, 10 and 16,
alone and in conjunction with article 2 (para. 3); as well as Top Bahadur Basnet’s rights
under article 7, in conjunction with article 2 (para. 3), of the Covenant. The authors are
represented by counsel.
* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Christine Chanet, Cornelis Flinterman,
Yuji Iwasawa, Walter Kälin, Zonke Zanele Majodina, Gerald L. Neuman, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor
Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Yuval
Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili, Margo Waterval, and Andrei Paul Zlătescu.
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