CCPR/C/115/D/2223/2012 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 17 December 2015 Original: English Human Rights Committee Communication No. 2223/2012 Views adopted by the Committee at its 115th session (19 October-6 November 2015) Submitted by: Sunnet Japparow (represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The author State party: Turkmenistan Date of communication: 3 September 2012 (initial submission) Document references: Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision, transmitted to the State party on 5 December 2012 (not issued in a document form) Date of adoption of Views: 29 October 2015 Subject matter: Conscientious objection to compulsory military service; inhuman and degrading treatment; deprivation of liberty Procedural issues: Admissibility – exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issues: Freedom of conscience; inhuman and degrading treatment; deprivation of liberty Articles of the Covenant: 7, 10 and 18 (1) Articles of the Optional Protocol: 5 (2) (b) GE.15-22125(E) *1522125*

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