CCPR/C/116/D/2231/2012
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
11 May 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2231/2012*, **
Communication submitted by:
Azimjan Askarov (represented by counsel from
the Open Society Justice Initiative)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Kyrgyzstan
Date of communication:
12 November 2012 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 21 December
2012 (not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of decision:
31 March 2016
Subject matter:
The author was tortured and denied fair trial
procedural guarantees
Procedural issues:
Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Torture; fair trial; fair trial – legal assistance;
arbitrary arrest – detention; conditions of
detention; discrimination on the ground of ethnic
origin
Articles of the Covenant:
Article 2; article 7, read separately and in
conjunction with article 2 (3); article 9 (1);
article 10 (1); article 14 (1), (2), (3) (b) and (e)
and (5); article 19; and article 26.
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
5 (2) (b)
* Adopted by the Committee at its 116th session (7-31 March 2016).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić,
Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia,
Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany,
Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval.
GE.16-07645(E)