CCPR/C/115/D/2005/2010
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
19 February 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2005/2010*
Views adopted by the Committee at its 115th session
(19 October-6 November 2015)
Submitted by:
David Hicks (represented by counsel,
Tamara Sims and Ben Saul)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Australia
Date of communication:
20 September 2010 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 92 and 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 18 November
2010 (not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
5 November 2015
Subject matter:
State party’s responsibility in executing a foreign
sentence
Substantive issues:
Retroactive punishment, torture, arbitrary
detention, conditions of detention, unfair trial,
non-discrimination, right to privacy
Procedural issues:
State party’s jurisdiction, lack of substantiation
Articles of the Covenant:
2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19 and 22
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
1 and 2
* Annex II is circulated in the language of submission only.
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