Masih Shakeel v. Canada

Comment:

The texts of two individual opinions by Committee members Mr. Yuval Shany, Mr. Cornelis Flinterman, Mr. Walter Kälin, Sir Nigel Rodley, Ms. Anja Seibert-Fohr and Mr. Konstantine Vardzelashvili, and by Mr. Yuji Iwasawa, respectively, are appended to the present Views.

Substantive issues:

• cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
• effective remedy
• liberty of person
• right to life
• torture

Substantive articles:

• 2
• 6 (1)
• 7
• 9 (1)
• 14

Procedural issues:

• incompatibility
• substantiation of claims
• ratione materiae

Procedural articles:

• 5 (2) (b)