CCPR/C/115/D/2077/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
4 January 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2077/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 115th session
(19 October-6 November 2015)
Submitted by:
A.S. (represented by counsel, TRIAL: Track
Impunity Always and the Centre for Victims of
Torture, Nepal)
Alleged victim:
A.S.
State party:
Nepal
Date of communication:
22 July 2011 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 8 November
2011 (not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
6 November 2015
Subject matter:
Torture
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Prohibition of torture and cruel and inhuman
treatment; right to liberty and security of person;
right to humane treatment of persons deprived of
their liberty; right not to be subjected to arbitrary
or unlawful interferences with one’s family life;
right to an effective remedy
Articles of the Covenant:
Articles 7, 9 (1), (2) and (5), 10 (1) and 17, read
in conjunction with article 2 (3)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
5 (2) (b)
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