CCPR/C/118/D/2127/2011 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 7 December 2016 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2127/2011*, ** Communication submitted by: Urmatbek Akunov (represented by Rupert Skilbeck of the Open Society Justice Initiative and Kanat Djailoev) Alleged victim: Bektemir Akunov (the author’s father, deceased) State party: Kyrgyzstan Date of communication: 3 October 2011 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 27 December 2011 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 27 October 2016 Subject matter: Death in custody after alleged arbitrary detention and torture Procedural issues: None Substantive issues: Right to life; torture; prompt and impartial investigation; arbitrary detention; right to freedom of expression Articles of the Covenant: 6 (1) and 7, read alone and in conjunction with 2 (3), 9 (1) and 19 Articles of the Optional Protocol: None * Adopted by the Committee at its 118th session (17 October-4 November 2016). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval. GE.16-21629(E) 

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