CCPR/C/128/D/2707/2015 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 26 May 2020 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2707/2015*, ** Communication submitted by: Saodat Kulieva (represented by counsel, Gulchekhra Kholmatova) Alleged victims: The author and her son, Khurshed Bobokalonov (deceased) State party: Tajikistan Date of communication: 23 February 2015 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 21 December 2015 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 10 March 2020 Subject matter: Torture and death of the author’s son in police custody Procedural issue: None Substantive issues: Right to life; torture; prompt and impartial investigation Articles of the Covenant: 6 and 7, read alone and in conjunction with 2 (3) (a) Article of the Optional Protocol: None 1. The author of the communication is Saodat Kulieva, a national of Tajikistan born in 1954. She submits the communication on her own behalf and on behalf of her son, Khurshed Bobokalonov, also a national of Tajikistan, born in 1976 and deceased in 2009. She claims that the State party has violated her son’s rights under articles 6 and 7, read alone and in conjunction with article 2 (3) (a), and her own rights under article 7, read alone and in conjunction with article 2 (3) (a), of the Covenant. The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 4 April 1999. The author is represented by counsel. * Adopted by the Committee at its 128th session (2–27 March 2020). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, 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.20-07066(E) 

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