CCPR/C/115/D/2077/2011
Annex
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5 (4) of
the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights (115th session)
concerning
Communication No. 2077/2011*
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)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 6 November 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2077/2011, submitted to
it by A.S. under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights,
Having taken into account all written information made available to it by the author
of the communication and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Views under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol
1.1
The author of the communication is A.S., a Nepalese national born in 1966. He
submits the communication on his own behalf. He claims that Nepal has violated his rights
under articles 7, 9 (1), (2) and (5), 10 (1) and 17, read in conjunction with article 2 (3), of
the Covenant. The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 14 August
1991. The author is represented by counsel, TRIAL: Track Impunity Always and the Centre
for Victims of Torture, Nepal.
1.2
When registering the communication on 4 August 2011, and pursuant to rule 92 of
its rules of procedure, the Committee, acting through its Special Rapporteur on new
communications and interim measures, requested the State party to adopt all measures
necessary to protect the life, safety and personal integrity of the author, so as to avoid
* The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville,
Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel
Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Yuval Shany, Konstantine
Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval.
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