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Substantive issues:
Right to liberty and security of person; arbitrary arrest and
detention; right to be brought promptly before a judge;
right to counsel; right to life; prohibition of cruel, inhuman
and degrading treatment and punishment; trial in absentia
leading to the death penalty
Articles of the Covenant:
2, paragraph 3; 6, paragraph 1; 7; 9, paragraphs 1, 3
and 4; 10, paragraph 1; and 14, paragraph 3
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2 and 5, paragraph 2 (a)
On 30 March 2006, the Human Rights Committee adopted its Views, under article 5,
paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol in respect of communication No. 992/2001. The text of the
Views is appended to the present document.
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