CCPR/C/112/D/1972/2010
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. 1972/2010*
Submitted by:
Ali Djahangir oglu Quliyev (represented by
counsel, Eldar Zeynalov)
Alleged victims:
The author
State party:
Azerbaijan
Date of communication:
24 June 2010 (initial submission)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 16 October 2014,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 1972/2010, submitted to
the Human Rights Committee by Ali Djahangir oglu Quliyev 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 author
of the communication and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Views pursuant to article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol
1.
The author of the communication is Ali Djahangir oglu Quliyev, a national of
Azerbaijan born in 1957. He claims to be a victim of a violation by Azerbaijan of his rights
under articles 7, 10 (paras. 1 and 3), 14 (paras. 1, 3 (d), 5 and 6) and 15 (para. 1) of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The author is represented by counsel,
Eldar Zeynalov. The Optional Protocol entered into force for Azerbaijan on 27 February
2002.
The facts as presented by the author
2.1
The author used to work as a senior operator for the Experimental Industrial Factory
of the Institute of Oil and Chemistry at the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. In
* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Christine Chanet, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Cornelis Flinterman,
Yuji Iwasawa, Zonke Zanele Majodina, Gerald L. Neuman, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián
Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili,
Margo Waterval and Andrei Paul Zlătescu.
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