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)