CCPR/C/112/D/1989/2010
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
8 December 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 1989/2010
Decision adopted by the Committee at its 112th session
(7–31 October 2014)
Submitted by:
E.V. (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Belarus
Date of communication:
29 June 2010 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 27 September
2010 (not issued in a document form)
Date of adoption of decision:
30 October 2014
Subject matter:
Right not to be subjected to inhuman or
degrading treatment; right to a fair trial
Substantive issues:
Inhuman or degrading treatment; fair trial
Procedural issues:
State party’s failure to cooperate; exhaustion of
domestic remedies; substantiation of claims
Articles of the Covenant:
10, para. 1, and 14, para. 1
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2 and 5, para. 2 (b)
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