CCPR/C/112/D/2086/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
17 November 2014
English
Original: French
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2086/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 112th session (7–31 October
2014)
Submitted by:
Aïcha Dehimi and Noura Ayache
(represented by Philippe Grant of Track
Impunity Always (TRIAL), a Swiss
association against impunity)
Alleged victims:
Sahraoui Ayache (the authors’ son and
brother, respectively) and the authors
themselves
State party:
Algeria
Date of communication:
27 June 2011 (initial submission)
Document reference:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 17 August
2011 (not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
30 October 2014
Subject matter:
Enforced disappearance
Substantive issues:
Right to life; prohibition of torture and cruel
or inhuman treatment; right to liberty and
security of person; respect for the inherent
dignity of the human person; recognition as a
person before the law and the right to an
effective remedy; unlawful interference with
the home and right to family life
Procedural issue:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Articles of the Covenant:
Articles 2 (para. 3), 6 (para. 1), 7, 9, 10 (para.
1), 16 and 17
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
Article 5 (para. 2 (b))
[Annex]
GE.14-21909 (E)