CCPR/C/125/D/2556/2015
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
11 June 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of
the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No.
2556/2015*, **, ***
Submitted by:
Fulmati Nyaya (represented by TRIAL
International)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Nepal
Date of communication:
20 June 2014 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 27 January 2015 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
18 March 2019
Subject matter:
Arbitrary arrest; torture; forced labour of
suspected Maoist child supporter by army and
police officers
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment; prohibition of forced labour;
right to liberty and security of person; respect for
the inherent dignity of the human person; nondiscrimination; recognition as a person before the
law; right not to be subjected to arbitrary or
unlawful interference with one’s privacy and
family life; right to special protection as a child;
right to an effective remedy
Articles of the Covenant:
2, 3, 7, 8 (3) (a), 9, 10 (1), 17, 23 (1), 24 (1) and
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* Adopted by the Committee at its 125th session (4–29 March 2019).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Christopher Arif Bulkan, Ahmed
Amin Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, 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.
*** An individual opinion by Committee member José Manuel Santos Pais (partially concurring) is
annexed to the present Views.
GE.19-09373(E)