Human Rights Committee CCPR/C/117/D/2100/2011 United Nations International Covenant on Distr.: General and Political Rights 29 July 2016 Original: English Advance unedited version Decision adopted by the Committee the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2100/2011*, ** S.M. (not represented by counsel) Communication submitted by: The author and his son Alleged victims: Bulgaria State party: 9 2011 (initial submission) Date of communication: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Document references: Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 21 September 2011 (not issued in document form) 14 July 2016 Date of adoption of decision: State party alleged failure to investigate a Subject matter: shipwreck Exhaustion of domestic remedies, Procedural issues: substantiation of claims Impartial investigation, to life, torture Substantive issues: – prompt and impartial investigation, 6, 7, 9, 14 Articles of the Covenant: 2, 5 (2) (b) Articles of the Optional Protocol: 1. The author of the communication is S. M., a Bulgarian citizen born in 1952 in Varna, Bulgaria. He claims that his son, M. M. has been a victim of an enforced disappearance in violations of articles 6, 7 and 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Moreover, he himself claims to be a victim of articles 7 and 14 of the Covenant. He is not represented. The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 26 June 1992.
United Nations CCPR/C/117/D/2100/2011 International Covenant on and Political Rights Advance unedited version Distr.: General 29 July 2016 Original: English Human Rights Committee Decision adopted by the Committee the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2100/2011*, ** Communication submitted by: S.M. (not represented by counsel) Alleged victims: The author and his son State party: Bulgaria Date of communication: 9 2011 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 21 September 2011 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of decision: 14 July 2016 Subject matter: State party alleged failure to investigate a shipwreck Procedural issues: Exhaustion of domestic remedies, of claims Substantive issues: Impartial investigation, to life, torture – prompt and impartial investigation, Articles of the Covenant: 6, 7, 9, 14 Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2, 5 (2) (b) 1. The author of the communication is S. M., a Bulgarian citizen born in 1952 in Varna, Bulgaria. He claims that his son, M. M. has been a victim of an enforced disappearance in violations of articles 6, 7 and 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Moreover, he himself claims to be a victim of articles 7 and 14 of the Covenant. He is not represented. The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 26 June 1992. substantiation
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