CCPR/C/112/D/2083/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
19 November 2014
English
Original: French
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2083/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 112th session
(7–31 October 2014)
GE.14-22365 (E)
Submitted by:
Boughera Kroumi (represented by Philippe
Grant of the Swiss organization Track
Impunity Always (TRIAL))
Alleged victims:
Yahia Kroumi (son of the author) and the
author himself
State party:
Algeria
Date of communication:
28 July 2011 (initial submission)
Document reference:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 12 August
2011 (not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
30 October 2014
Subject matter:
Enforced disappearance
Substantive issues:
Right to an effective remedy, right to life,
prohibition of torture and cruel or inhuman
treatment, right to liberty and security of
person, respect for the inherent dignity of the
human person, recognition as a person before
the law and unlawful interference with the
home
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Articles of the Covenant:
Articles 2 (para. 3), 6 (para. 1), 7, 9, 10 (para.
1), 16 and 17
Article of the Optional Protocol:
Article 5 (para. 2 (b))
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