CCPR/C/115/D/2222/2012
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
23 December 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2222/2012
Views adopted by the Committee at its 115th session
(19 October-6 November 2015)
Submitted by:
Ahmet Hudaybergenov (represented by counsel,
Shane H. Brady)
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 7 December
2012 (not issued in a document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
29 October 2015
Subject matters:
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 (1) and 18 (1)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
5 (2) (b)
GE.15-22775(E)
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