CCPR/C/128/D/2367/2014
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
14 July 2020
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4)
of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2367/2014*, **, ***
Communication submitted by:
Evgeny Bryukhanov (represented by Svetlana
Bryukhanova)
Alleged victim:
Evgeny Bryukhanov
State party:
Russian Federation
Date of communication:
28 November 2013 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 25 March 2014 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
12 March 2020
Subject matter:
Detention and mistreatment of the author
Procedural issue:
Abuse of the right of submission
Substantive issues:
Torture, arbitrary arrest – detention, conditions
of detention, fair trial, fair trial – witnesses, fair
trial – legal assistance
Articles of the Covenant:
7, 9, 10, 14 (1), 14 (2), 14 (3) (b), (e) and (g) and
15 (1)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2 and 3
1.
The author of the communication is Evgeny Bryukhanov, a national of the Russian
Federation born in 1980. He claims that the State party has violated his rights under articles
7, 9, 10, 14 (1), 14 (2), 14 (3) (b), (e) and (g) and 15 (1) of the Covenant. The Optional
Protocol entered into force for the Russian Federation on 1 January 1992. The author is
represented.
* Adopted by the Committee at its 128th session (2–27 March 2020).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Yadh
Ben Achour, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran,
Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel
Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja and Gentian Zyberi.
*** A joint opinion by Committee members Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais and Gentian Zyberi
(dissenting) is annexed to the present Views.
GE.20-09445(E)