CCPR/C/115/D/2221/2012
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
22 December 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2221/2012
Views adopted by the Committee at its 115th session
(19 October-6 November 2015)
Submitted by:
Mahmud Hudaybergenov (represented
by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Turkmenistan
Date of communication:
3 September 2012 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 7 December
2012 (not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
29 October 2015
Subject matter:
Conscientious objection to compulsory military
service
Procedural issues:
Admissibility – exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment; right to freedom of thought,
conscience and religion
Articles of the Covenant:
Articles 7, 10 (1) and 18 (1)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
5 (2) (b)
GE.15-22124(E)
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