Saadoun v. Algeria

CCPR/C/107/D/1806/2008

Communication number(s):

1806/2008

Author:

Mustapha Saadoun, his wife, Malika Gaid Youcef (both deceased), and their daughter Nouria Saadoun (represented by the Collectif des familles des disparu(e)s en Algérie (Collective of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria))

Type of decision:

Decision on merits

Session No

107

Country 

Algeria

Submission date

30 Jun 2008

Date of decision

22 Mar 2013

Comment:

Pursuant to rule 90 of the Committee's rules of procedure, Committee member Mr. Lazhari Bouzid did not participate in the consideration of the communication. The text of an individual opinion by Committee member, Mr. Victor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, is appended to the present Views


Substantive issues:

  • cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • effective remedy
  • liberty of person
  • recognition as a person before the law
  • security of person
  • torture prevention

Substantive articles:

  • 2 (3)
  • 7
  • 9 (1)
  • 9 (2)
  • 9 (3)
  • 9 (4)
  • 16

Procedural issues:

  • exhaustion of domestic remedies

Procedural articles:

  • 5 (2) (b)
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