CCPR/C/115/D/2621/2015 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 17 December 2015 English Original: French Human Rights Committee Communication No. 2621/2015 Decision adopted by the Committee at its 115th session (19 October-6 November 2015) Submitted by: J.P.D. (represented by counsel, Ms. Isabelle Coutant Peyre) Alleged victim: The author State party: France Date of communication: 3 September 2012 (initial submission) Document reference: Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision, transmitted to the State party on 12 September 2013 (not issued in document form) Date of decision: 2 November 2015 Subject matter: Right to a fair trial; complicity of the State party; inhuman and degrading treatment Procedural issues: Insufficient substantiation; same matter examined under another procedure of international investigation or settlement Substantive issues: None Articles of the Covenant: 7 and 14 (para. 1) Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2 and 5 (para.2 (a)) GE.15-22254 (E) 120116 *1522254* 120116

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