CCPR/C/126/D/2697/2015
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
19 August 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of
the Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2697/2015*, **
Communication submitted by:
Ulan Nazaraliev (represented by counsel,
Sardorbek Abdukhalilov)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Kyrgyzstan
Date of communication:
30 November 2014 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure (now rule 92),
transmitted to the State party on 7 December
2015 (not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
5 July 2019
Subject matter:
Torture by police; lack of effective investigation;
conditions of detention
Procedural issues:
None
Substantive issues:
Torture; torture – prompt and impartial
investigation; conditions of detention
Articles of the Covenant:
7, read alone and in conjunction with 2 (3) (a)
and 10 (1)
Article of the Optional Protocol:
5 (2) (b)
* Adopted by the Committee at its 126th session (1–26 July 2019).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin
Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Duncan Laki
Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval
Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi.
GE.19-14071(E)