Decision; Subjects: KAZAKHSTAN, TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT; [CAT: UNO-Antifolterkonvention, Übereinkommen gegen Folter; Convention contre la torture; Convenzione contro la tortura]
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GE.26-09102 (E) 300626 300626 Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 1202/2023*, ** Communication submitted by: D.G. Alleged victim: The complainant State Party: Kazakhstan Date of complaint: 13 May 2023 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Torture by police 1. The communication was submitted by D.G., a national of Kazakhstan. He alleged that he had been detained by police officers and taken to a police station, where he had been subjected to physical and psychological pressure, including threats and violence, and forced to sign, under duress, a statement confessing to the murder of a national of the Russian Federation, amounting to a violation by the State Party of his rights under articles 1, 2, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of the Convention. He was not represented by counsel. 2. On 22 November 2023, the communication was registered. The State Party was requested to provide its observations on admissibility and the merits by no later than 22 May 2024. 3. On 3 May 2024, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and merits of the communication. 4. On 3 July 2025, the complainant was requested to submit his comments on the State Party’s submission by no later than 3 September 2025. On 9 December 2025, the complainant was sent a final reminder, requesting him to submit his comments on the State Party’s observations by no later than 8 February 2026. 5. At a meeting on 17 April 2026, the Committee, in view of the fact that the complainant did not submit his comments and that the Committee had no further means of contacting him, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 1202/2023.
* Adopted by the Committee at its eighty-fourth session (13 April–1 May 2026). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Jorge Contesse, Lorena González Pinto, Claude Heller, Erdogan Iscan, Peter Vedel Kessing, Liu Huawen, Maeda Naoko, Moulaye Abdallah Moulaye Abdallah, Ana Racu and Abderrazak Rouwane. United Nations CAT/C/84/D/1202/2023 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 1 July 2026 Original: English