CCPR/C/125/D/2333/2014 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 28 May 2019 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2333/2014*, ** Communication submitted by: Ilya Petrovets (represented by counsel, Sergei Golubok) Alleged victim: The author State party: Belarus Date of communication: 4 January 2013 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 14 January 2014 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 29 March 2019 Subject matter: Detention and mistreatment of the author Procedural issue: Non-substantiation of the claims Substantive issues: Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; arbitrary arrest and detention; right to remedy Articles of the Covenant: 2 and 7 Articles of the Optional Protocol: 1, 2 and 5 1. The author of the communication is Ilya Petrovets, a national of Belarus born in 1986. He claims that the State party has violated his rights under articles 2 and 7 of the Covenant. The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 30 December 1992. The author is represented by counsel. * Adopted by the Committee at its 125th session (4–29 March 2019). ** The communication was examined pursuant to the procedure for repetitive communications, set out in rule 105 of the Committee’s rules of procedure. The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Christopher Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi. GE.19-08688(E) 

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