CCPR/C/127/D/2920/2016
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
10 December 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2920/2016*, **
Communication submitted by:
Zinaida Mukhortova (represented by counsel,
Anara Ibrayeva)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Kazakhstan
Date of communication:
23 October 2015 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 10 June 2014 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
28 October 2019
Subject matter:
Unlawful and arbitrary detention; inhuman and
degrading treatment; freedom of expression
Procedural issue:
Substantiation
Substantive issues:
Unlawful and arbitrary detention; inhuman and
degrading treatment; freedom of expression
Articles of the Covenant:
7, 9 and 14, read alone and in conjunction with
article 2, and 18 and 19
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2 and 5 (2) (b)
1.
The author of the communication is Zinaida Mukhortova, a national of Kazakhstan
born in 1957. She claims that the State party has violated her rights under articles 7, 9 and
14, read alone and in conjunction with article 2, and articles 18 and 19, of the Covenant. 1
The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 30 June 2009. The author is
represented by counsel.
* 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:
1
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin
Fathalla, Shuichi 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.
The author was inconsistent in claiming a violation of article 2 of the Covenant.
GE.19-21260(E)