CAT/C/48/D/433/2010
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
10 July 2012
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 433/2010
Decision adopted by the Committee at its forty-eighth session, 7 May–1 June 2012
GE.12-43985
Submitted by:
Alexander Gerasimov (represented by the
Open Society Justice Initiative and the
Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human
Rights and the Rule of Law)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Kazakhstan
Date of complaint:
22 April 2010 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
24 May 2012
Subject matter:
Failure to carry out a prompt and impartial
investigation into torture allegations, to bring
perpetrators to justice and provide full and
adequate reparation;
Procedural issues:
Ratione temporis; exhaustion of domestic
remedies; withdrawal of complaint before the
Committee
Substantive issues:
Torture; severe pain or suffering; effective
measures to prevent torture; prompt and
impartial investigation wherever there is
reasonable ground to believe that an act of
torture has been committed; right to complain
to, and to have his case promptly and
impartially examined by, competent
authorities; right to fair and adequate
compensation; interference with the right of
petition under article 22
Articles of the Convention:
1; 2; 12; 13; 14; 22