United Nations
CCPR/C/126/D/2570/2015*
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
20 August 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional
Protocol, concerning communication No. 2570/2015**, ***
Communication submitted by:
A.L. (represented by counsel, Andrea Saccucci)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Italy
Date of communication:
9 October 2014 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 16 February 2015 (not issued
in document form)
Date of adoption of decision:
26 July 2019
Subject matter:
Extradition to Ukraine
Procedural issue:
Level of substantiation of claims
Substantive issues:
Right to life; risk of torture, cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment; nonrefoulement
Articles of the Covenant:
7, 9 (1), (3) and (4), 10 (1) and (2)
Article of the Optional Protocol:
2
* Reissued for technical reasons on 18 February 2020.
** Adopted by the Committee at its 126th session (1−26 July 2019).
*** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin
Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini
Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène
Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi.
GE.19-14117(E)