CCPR/C/112/D/2069/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
19 January 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2069/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 112th session
(7–31 October 2014)
Submitted by:
Tatiana Shikhmuradova on behalf of her
husband, Boris Shikhmuradov (not represented
by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The author, and her husband
State party:
Turkmenistan
Date of communication:
28 April 2011 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 4 July 2011
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
17 October 2014
Subject matter:
Enforced disappearance of the author’s husband;
torture; habeas corpus; unfair trial
Substantive issues:
Right to life, prohibition of torture and cruel and
inhuman treatment, right to liberty and security
of the person, right to a fair trial, principle of
non-retroactivity, protection against unlawful
interference with family
Procedural issues:
State party’s failure to cooperate
Articles of the Covenant:
6 (para. 1); 7; 9; 14 (paras. 1 and 5); 15; 17
Article of the Optional Protocol:
5 (para. 2 (a))
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