CCPR/C/116/D/2084/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
5 August 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol,
concerning communication No. 2084/2011*, **
Communication submitted by:
V.L. (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Belarus
Date of communication:
3 November 2010 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 18 May 2010 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of decision:
30 March 2016
Subject matter:
Torture; right to liberty and security; fair trial;
right to an effective remedy
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies; insufficient
substantiation of claims
Substantive issues:
Torture; arbitrary arrest; fair trial
Articles of the Covenant:
2, 7, 9 and 14
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2
* 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, Ahmed Amin Fathalla,
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.16-11905(E)