CCPR/C/117/D/2224/2012 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 26 September 2016 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2224/2012*, ** Communication submitted by: Dovran Bahramovich Matyakubov (represented by counsel, Shane H. Brady) Alleged victim: The author State party: Turkmenistan Date of communication: 3 September 2012 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 7 December 2012 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 14 July 2016 Subject matter: Conscientious objection to compulsory military service; inhuman and degrading treatment; conviction for the same offence twice; conditions of detention Procedural issues: Admissibility — exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issues: Freedom of conscience; inhuman and degrading treatment; ne bis in idem; conditions of detention Articles of the Covenant: 7, 10, 14 (7) and 18 (1) * Adopted by the Committee at its 117th session (20 June-15 July 2016). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Yuval Shany and Margo Waterval. A joint opinion by Committee members Yuji Iwasawa and Yuval Shany is annexed to the present Views.  GE.16-16483(E) 

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