United Nation CCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr. RESTRICTED* CCPR/C/81/D/962/2001 23 July 2004 Original: ENGLISH Human Rights Committee Eighty-first session 5 - 30 July 2004 VIEWS Communication No. 962/2001 Submitted by: Marcel Mulezi (not represented by counsel) Alleged victims: The author and his wife State party: Democratic Republic of the Congo Date of communication: 6 May 2000 (initial submission) Documentation references: Special Rapporteur’s rule 91 decision, transmitted to the State party on 8 January 2001 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 8 July 2004 On 8 July 2004, the Human Rights Committee adopted the annexed draft as the Committee’s Views, under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol, in respect of communication No. 962/2001. The text of the Views is appended to the present document. [ANNEX] * Made public by decision of the Human Rights Committee. GE.04-42895

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