CCPR/C/126/D/2306/2013
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
14 August 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional
Protocol, concerning communication No. 2306/2013*, **
Communication submitted by:
V.K. (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
The Russian Federation
Date of communication:
21 September 2013 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 3 December 2013 (not issued
in document form)
Date of adoption of decision:
26 July 2019
Subject matter:
Torture and unlawful detention of the author
Procedural issues:
Non-substantiation of the claims, exhaustion of
domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Torture, unlawful detention, privacy, conditions
of detention.
Articles of the Covenant:
2 (3) (b), 5 (2), 7, 9, 14 (3) (e) and (g) and (5), 17
(1) and 23 of the Covenant
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2 and 5 (2) (b)
* Adopted by the Committee at its 126th session (1−26 July 2019).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin
Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini
Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène
Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi.
GE.19-13876(E)