CCPR/C/114/D/2143/2012
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
10 November 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2143/2012
Views adopted by the Committee at its 114th session
(29 June-24 July 2015)
Submitted by:
Dalisa Dovadzija and Sakiba Dovdzija
(represented by TRIAL: Track Impunity Always)
Alleged victim:
Salih Dovadžija (Sakiba Dovadžija’s husband
and Dalisa Dovadžija’s father)
State party:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of communication:
12 March 2012 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s decision under rules 92 and
97, transmitted to the State party on 6 February
2014 (not issued in a document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
22 July 2015
Subject matter:
Enforced disappearance and effective remedy
Procedural issues:
None
Substantive issues:
Right to life; torture; cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment; liberty and
security of person; human dignity; protection of
the law; right to an effective remedy; children’s
rights
Articles of the Covenant:
Articles 2 (3); 6; 7; 9; 16; 17; 23 (1); and 24 (1)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
Article 2
GE.15-17390(E)
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