CCPR/C/112/D/2098/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
15 December 2014
English
Original: French
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2098/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 112th session (7–31 October
2014)
GE.14-24393 (E)
Submitted by:
Tahar Ammari (represented by counsel,
Nassira Dutour of the Collectif des Familles
de Disparus en Algérie (Coalition of Families
of Disappeared Persons in Algeria))
Alleged victims:
Toufik Ammari (son of the author) and the
author himself
State party:
Algeria
Date of communication:
8 June 2011 (initial submission)
Document reference:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 13
September 2011 (not issued in document
form)
Date of adoption of Views:
30 October 2014
Subject matter:
Enforced disappearance
Substantive issues:
Right to an effective remedy; prohibition of
torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment; right to liberty and security of
person; respect for the inherent dignity of the
human person; recognition as a person before
the law; and right to a hearing by an impartial
tribunal
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Articles of the Covenant:
Articles 2 (para. 3), 7, 9, 10 (para. 1) and 16
Article of the Optional Protocol:
Article 5 (para. 2 (b))
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