Brewer-Carías v. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

CCPR/C/133/D/3003/2017

Communication number(s):

3003/2017

Author:

Allan Brewer-Carías

Type of decision:

Decision on merits

Session No

133

Country 

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Submission date

21 Dec 2016

Date of decision

18 Oct 2021

Comment:

Joint opinion by Committee members Arif Bulkan and Hélène Tigroudja (partially dissenting) Individual opinion by Committee member Vasilka Sancin (partially dissenting) Individual opinion by Committee member José Manuel Santos Pais (partially dissenting)


Substantive issues:

  • deprivation of liberty
  • equality before the courts and tribunals
  • fair trial
  • fair trial - legal assistance
  • fair trial - right to be tried in ones presence
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • unlawful attacks on honour or reputation

Substantive articles:

  • 2 (3)
  • 9
  • 12
  • 14 (1)
  • 14 (2)
  • 14 (3) (b)
  • 14 (3) (e)
  • 17
  • 19
  • 26

Procedural issues:

  • exhaustion of domestic remedies

Procedural articles:

  • 5 (2) (a)
  • 5 (2) (b)
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