CCPR/C/127/D/2719/2016
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
19 November 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2719/2016*, **
Communication submitted by:
Kestutis Stasaitis (represented by counsel,
Stanislovas Tomas)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Lithuania
Date of communication:
15 November 2015 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 28 January 2016 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
6 November 2019
Subject matter:
Alleged violation of rights in the course of
criminal proceedings
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies; level of
substantiation of claims
Substantive issues:
Prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment;
right to a defence; presumption of innocence;
right to privacy
Articles of the Covenant:
7, 14 (2) and (3) (e) and 17
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2 and 5 (2) (b)
1.1
The author of the communication is Kestutis Stasaitis, a national of Lithuania born
on 5 July 1973. He claims that the State party has violated his rights under articles 7, 14 (2)
and (3) (e) and 17 of the Covenant. The author is represented by counsel.
1.2
On 29 March 2016, the State party submitted its observations on admissibility and
asked the Committee to consider the admissibility of the communication separately from its
* Adopted by the Committee at its 127th session (14 October–8 November 2019).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin
Fathalla, Schuichi Furuya, Christoph Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada
Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas
Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi.
GE.19-19945(E)