CCPR/C/126/D/2410/2014
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
30 September 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2410/2014*, **, ***
Communication submitted by:
Yury Orkin (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Russian Federation
Dates of communication:
16 December 2013 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure (now rule 92),
transmitted to the State party on 3 June 2014 (not
issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
24 July 2019
Subject matter:
Cruel and inhuman treatment; arbitrary detention
Procedural issue:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Cruel and inhuman treatment; arbitrary detention
Articles of the Covenant:
7, 9, 14 (1), (2), (3) (b), (d) and (e) and (5), and
15; and 2 (2) and (3) (a), read in conjunction
with 14 (5)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2 and 5 (2) (b)
* 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 and Gentian Zyberi.
*** An individual opinion (partly dissenting) by Committee member José Manuel Santos Pais is annexed
to the present Views.
GE.19-16718(E)