CCPR/C/112/D/2105/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
11 November 2014
English
Original: Spanish
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2105/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 112th session
(7–31 October 2014)
GE.14-20560 (E)
Submitted by:
Mr. S.S.F., Mr. S.S.E. and Mr. E.J.S.E.
(represented by Mr. José Luis Mazón Costa)
Alleged victims:
The authors
State party:
Spain
Date of communication:
15 August 2011 (initial submission)
Document reference:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 19 October
2011 (not issued in document form)
Date of decision:
28 October 2014
Subject matter:
Scope of reviews in cassation by the Spanish
Supreme Court
Procedural issues:
Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies; nonsubstantiation of claims
Substantive issues:
Right to have the conviction and sentence
reviewed by a higher tribunal; prohibition of
double jeopardy (ne bis in idem)
Article of the Covenant:
14, paras. 1, 5 and 7
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2, 3 and 5, para. 2 (b)
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