Decision; Subjects: RUSSIAN FEDERATION, TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT; [CAT: UNO-Antifolterkonvention, Übereinkommen gegen Folter; Convention contre la torture; Convenzione contro la tortura]
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GE.26-02027 (E) 260226 260226 Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 1029/2020*, ** Communication submitted by: M.O. (not represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The complainant State Party: Russian Federation Date of complaint: 20 June 2020 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Torture in detention 1. The complainant claimed that the State Party had violated her rights under articles 1, 4, 12, 14 and 16 of the Convention while she was serving a prison sentence, which had begun in February 2006. 2. On 20 October 2020, the communication was registered. The State Party was asked to submit its observations on admissibility and the merits of the communication, which it provided on 9 August 2023. The observations were shared with the complainant on 10 August 2023, with a request to provide her comments thereon. 3. On 19 September 2024, the secretariat sent the complainant a reminder to provide her comments on the State Party’s observations. On 2 September 2025, it sent her another reminder, 1 informing her that in the absence of her comments, the Committee might discontinue the communication. No response was received. 4. At a meeting on 14 November 2025, the Committee, in view of the fact that it had not received any comments on the State Party’s observations and had had no contact with the complainant since the submission of the complaint, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 1029/2020.
* Adopted by the Committee at its eighty-third session (10–28 November 2025). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Todd Buchwald, Jorge Contesse, Claude Heller, Erdogan Iscan, Peter Vedel Kessing, Liu Huawen, Maeda Naoko, Ana Racu, Abderrazak Rouwane and Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov. 1 Normally, only one reminder is sent, but considering that the complainant was in prison, it was decided to send another reminder. United Nations CAT/C/83/D/1029/2020 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 27 February 2026 Original: English