CCPR/C/113/D/2087/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
7 May 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2087/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 113th session
(16 March–2 April 2015)
Submitted by:
Misilin Nona Guneththige and Piyawathie
Guneththige (represented by the Asian Legal
Resource Centre and Redress)
Alleged victim:
Thissera Sunil Hemachandra (the authors’ son
and nephew, respectively)
State party:
Sri Lanka
Date of communication:
20 July 2011 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 22 August 2011
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
30 March 2015
Subject matter:
Suspicious death in custody allegedly resulting
from torture
Procedural issues:
Non-cooperation of State party
Substantive issues:
Arbitrary deprivation of life; torture and illtreatment; lack of proper investigation; right to
an effective remedy; right to liberty and security
of person; respect for the inherent dignity of the
human person.
Articles of the Covenant:
2 (para. 3); 6; 7; 9 (paras. 1, 2 and 4);
10 (para. 1)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
None
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