CCPR/C/113/D/2054/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
7 May 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2054/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 113th session
(16 March–2 April 2015)
GE.15-09068 (E)
Submitted by:
Mamatkarim Ernazarov (represented by
counsel, Saidkamal Akhmedov)
Alleged victim:
The author’s brother Rakhmonberdi
Ernazarov
State party:
Kyrgyzstan
Date of communication:
11 March 2011 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 92 and rule 97
decision, transmitted to the State party on
26 April 2011 (not issued in a document
form)
Date of adoption of Views:
25 March 2015
Subject matter:
Death of the author’s brother while in
custody of the police
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Life; effective remedy; torture; prompt
and impartial investigation
Articles of the Covenant:
Articles 6 (1) and 7 alone and in
conjunction with article 2 (3)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
Article 5 (2 (b))