CCPR/C/115/D/2358/2014
Annex
Decision of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (115th session)
concerning
Communication No. 2358/2014
Submitted by:
G.C.A.A. (represented by Mr. Pedro
Montano)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Uruguay
Date of communication:
16 March 2012 (initial submission)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 2 November 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2358/2014 submitted
to the Committee by G.C.A.A. under the Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Having taken into account all written information made available to it by the
author of the communication and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision on admissibility
1.
The author of the communication is G.C.A.A., a Uruguayan national born in
1928. The author claims to be a victim of violations by the State party of his rights
under articles 2, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15 and 26 of the Covenant. 1 The author is represented by
counsel.
The facts as submitted by the author
2.1 The author claims that on 27 June 1973, in the context of an internal conflict, the
President of the State party dissolved parliament with the support of the Armed Forces
and instituted a civilian-military regime that governed until 28 February 1985. In
November 1975 various States in the region, including the State party, adopted a
common defence strategy called “Operation Condor” to combat, according to the
author, guerrilla and terrorist movements. The author, as a lieutenant general, was
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The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
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communication: Mr. Yadh Ben Achour, Mr. Lazhari Bouzid, Ms. Sarah Cleveland, Mr. Ahmed Amin
Fathalla, Mr. Olivier de Frouville, Mr. Yuji Iwasawa, Ms. Ivana Jelić, Mr. Duncan Laki Muhumuza,
Ms. Photini Pazartzis, Mr. Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Mr. Víctor Manuel Rodríguez -Rescia,
Mr. Fabián Omar Salvioli, Mr. Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Ms. Anja Seibert -Fohr, Mr. Yuval Shany,
Mr. Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Ms. Margo Waterval.
The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 23 March 1976.
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