CCPR/C/112/D/2086/2011
Annex
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5,
paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (112th session)
concerning
Communication No. 2086/2011*
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)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 30 October 2014,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2086/2011 submitted by
Aïcha Dehimi and Noura Ayache under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights,
Having taken into account all written information made available to it by the authors
of the communication and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol
1.1
The authors of the communication, which is dated 27 June 2011, are Aïcha Dehimi,
born in 1942, and her daughter, Noura Ayache, born in 1976, both Algerian nationals. They
are submitting the communication on their own behalf and on behalf of Sahraoui Ayache,
the authors’ son and brother, respectively, born on 18 March 1970, who was a vegetable
vendor in Constantine. The authors claim that Sahraoui Ayache is the victim of an enforced
disappearance attributable to the State party, in violation of articles 2 (para. 3), 6, (para. 1),
7, 9, 10 (para. 1), 16 and 17 of the Covenant, and that they themselves are the victims of
* The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Mr. Yadh Ben Achour, Ms. Christine Chanet, Mr. Ahmed Amin Fathalla,
Mr. Cornelis Flinterman, Mr. Yuji Iwasawa, Mr. Walter Kälin, Mr. Gerald L. Neuman, Sir
Nigel Rodley, Mr. Fabián Omar Salvioli, Mr. Dheerujlall B. Seetulsingh, Ms. Anja SeibertFohr, Mr. Yuval Shany, Mr. Konstantine Vardzelashvili, Ms. Margo Waterval and Mr.
Andrei Paul Zlătescu. Pursuant to rule 90 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, Mr.
Lazhari Bouzid did not participate in the consideration of the communication.
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