Umarova v. Uzbekistan

Comment:

On 18 April 2006, the Committee's Special Rapporteur for New Communications and Interim Measures requested the State party to adopt all necessary measures to protect Mr. Umarov's life, safety and personal integrity, in particular by providing him with the necessary and appropriate medical care and by abstaining from administering any drugs detrimental to his mental or physical health, so as to avoid irreparable harm to him, while the case was under consideration of the Committee.

Substantive issues:

• arbitrary detention - arrest
• cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
• discrimination on other grounds
• discrimination on the ground of political or other opinion
• effective remedy
• fair trial
• freedom of opinion and expression
• human dignity
• in accordance with law
• pre-trial detention
• promptly brought before a judge
• torture

Substantive articles:

• 7
• 9 (1)
• 9 (3)
• 9 (4)
• 10 (1)
• 17
• 19 (2)
• 26

Procedural issues:

• exhaustion of domestic remedies
• interim measures

Procedural articles:

• 2
• 5 (2) (b)