CCPR/C/112/D/1965/2010
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
19 January 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 1965/2010
Views adopted by the Committee at its 112th session
(7–31 October 2014)
Submitted by:
John Njie Monika (represented by
counsel, Martin Dikanjo Esingila)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Cameroon
Date of communication:
11 January 2010 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 10 August 2010
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
21 October 2014
Subject matter:
Assault by a government representative, not
followed by investigation or prosecution
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies; lack of
substantiation
Substantive issues:
Right to life; prohibition of torture and cruel and
inhuman treatment; Right to liberty; right to
protection from inhuman treatment; right to
family life; right of children to protection; right
to an effective remedy; discrimination and equal
protection of the law
Articles of the Covenant:
Articles 2 (paras. 1 and 3); 6 (para. 1); 7;
9 (paras. 1–2) ; and 26
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
Articles 2 and 5 (para. 2 (b))
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