CCPR/C/125/D/2322/2013
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
4 April 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2322/2013*, **
Communication submitted by:
Vladimir Chernev (represented by the nongovernmental organization “Committee against
Torture”)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Russian Federation
Date of communication:
10 December 2013 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 11 June 2013 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
15 March 2019
Subject matters:
Cruel and inhuman treatment; effective remedy
Procedural issue:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Cruel and inhuman treatment; effective remedy
Articles of the Covenant:
2 (3) and 7
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2 and 5 (2) (b)
1.
The author is Vladimir Aleksandrovich Chernev, a national of the Russian
Federation born in 1990. He claims that the State party has violated his rights under article
7, read alone and in conjunction with article 2 (3), of the Covenant. The Optional Protocol
entered into force for the Russian Federation on 1 January 1992. The author is represented
by counsel.
The facts as submitted by the author
2.1 On 14 June 2007, the author was arrested in the village of Vyazovka, Kstovo district,
Nizhegorodsky region.1 He was punched and kicked in the head by several police officers,
* Adopted by the Committee at its 125th session (4–29 March 2019).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania Maria Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Christopher Arif Bulkan, Ahmed
Amin Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Duncan
Muhumuza Laki, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos
Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi.
GE.19-05659(E)