CCPR/C/123/D/2658/2015 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 4 September 2018 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2658/2015*, ** Communication submitted by: Gyan Devi Bolakhe (represented by counsels, Mandira Sharma, of Advocacy Forum Nepal, and Sarah Fulton, of REDRESS) Alleged victims: The author, Hari Prasad Bolakhe (the author’s deceased husband), Sajana Bolakhe, Kalasha Bolakhe, Barsha Bolakhe and Santosh Bolakhe (their children), Pushpa Prasad Bolakhe and Lila Kumara Bolakhe (the author’s parents-in-law) State party: Nepal Date of communication: 14 November 2014 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 22 October 2015 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 19 July 2018 Subject matters: Enforced disappearance; right to life Procedural issue: Exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issues: Right to life; prohibition of torture or cruel and inhuman treatment; right to liberty and security of person; respect for the inherent dignity of the human person; recognition as a person before the law; right to an effective remedy Articles of the Covenant: 6, 7, 9, 10, 16 and 17, alone and read in conjunction with 2 (3) Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2 and 5 (2) (b) * Adopted by the Committee at its 123rd session (2–27 July 2018). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Sarah Cleveland, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Olivier de Frouville, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Mauro Politi, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany and Margo Waterval. GE.18-14572(E) 

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