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)