CCPR/C/116/D/2099/2011 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 28 April 2016 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2099/2011*,** Communication submitted by: Fillip Maksimovich Polskikh (not represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The author State party: Russian Federation Date of communication: 29 September 2008 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 14 September 2011 (not issued in a document form) Date of adoption of Views: 11 March 2016 Subject matter: Author arrested on suspicion of murder and forced to confess through torture Procedural issues: None Substantive issues: Effective remedy; forced confession; arbitrary arrest-detention; fair trial Articles of the Covenant: 2, 7, 9 and 14 Articles of the Optional Protocol: None * Adopted by the Committee at its 116th session (7-31 March 2016). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Dunkan Laki Muhumuza, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval. GE.16-06956(E) 

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