CCPR/C/117/D/2226/2012
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
26 September 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4)
of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2226/2012*, **
Communication submitted by:
Shadurdy Uchetov (represented by counsel,
Shane H. Brady)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Turkmenistan
Date of communication:
3 September 2012 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 7 December 2012 (not issued
in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
15 July 2016
Subject matter:
Conscientious objection to compulsory military
service
Procedural issue:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Freedom of conscience; inhuman or degrading
treatment; deprivation of liberty; conditions of
detention
Articles of the Covenant:
7, 10 (1) and 18 (1)
Article of the Optional Protocol:
5 (2) (b)
* Adopted by the Committee at its 117th session (20 June-15 July 2016).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić,
Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar
Salvioli, Yuval Shany and Margo Waterval.
A joint opinion by Committee members Yuji Iwasawa and Yuval Shany is annexed to the present
Views.
GE.16-16558(E)