CCPR/C/112/D/1968/2010
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
17 November 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 1968/2010
Views adopted by the Committee at its 112th session
(7–31 October 2014)
Submitted by:
Bronson Blessington and Matthew Elliot
(represented by Human Rights Law Centre)
Alleged victim:
The authors
State party:
Australia
Date of communication:
14 April 2010 (initial submission)
Document reference:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 12 August 2010
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
22 October 2014
Subject matter:
Imposition of life sentence on juveniles
Substantive issues:
Cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment;
essential aims of the penitentiary system;
retroactive application of penal legislation;
right of minors to protection
Procedural issues:
None
Articles of the Covenant:
7; 10 (para. 3); 15 (para. 1); 24 (para. 1)
Article of the Optional Protocol:
None
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