Decision; Subjects: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, BELARUS; [CCPR: UNO-Pakt II, Internationaler Pakt über bürgerliche und politische Rechte; Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques; Patto II]
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GE.25-13380 (E) 221025 221025 Human Rights Committee Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communications No. 3879/2021, No. 3930/2021 and No. 3960/2021*, ** Communications submitted by: A.K., N.S. and M.N. (not represented by counsel) Alleged victims: The authors State Party: Belarus Date of communications: 15 February 2021 (communication No. 3879/2021); 18 February 2019 (communication No. 3930/2021); and 20 March 2020 (communication No. 3960/2021) (initial submissions) Substantive issues: Freedom of expression and right of peaceful assembly 1. The authors of the communications are A.K., N.S. and M.N., nationals of Belarus. They claim that the State Party has violated their rights under articles 2 (1)–(3), 7, 9 (1), 19 (2), 21 and 26 (communication No. 3879/2021); articles 2, 9 and 19 (communication No. 3930/2021); and articles 2 (2) and (3), 19 and 21 (communication No. 3960/2021) of the Covenant. 2. The communications were registered in 2021. 3. In 2021 and 2023, the State Party submitted observations on admissibility and the merits of all the communications, which were transmitted to the authors for comment. 4. Given that the requests for the authors’ comments on the State Party’s observations went unanswered, reminders were sent to all the authors between 2022 and 2024. The authors were informed that, in the absence of a response, their communications might be discontinued. 5. On 17 July 2025, the Committee, in the light of the fact that it had received no response from the authors, with whom it had lost contact, decided to discontinue its consideration of communications No. 3879/2021, No. 3930/2021 and No. 3960/2021.
* Adopted by the Committee at its 144th session (23 June–17 July 2025). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Wafaa Ashraf Moharram Bassim, Rodrigo A. Carazo, Yvonne Donders, Carlos Ramón Fernández Liesa, Laurence R. Helfer, Konstantin Korkelia, Dalia Leinarte, Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Akmal Saidov, Ivan Šimonović, Soh Changrok, Teraya Koji, Hélène Tigroudja and Imeru Tamerat Yigezu. United Nations CCPR/C/144/D/3879/2021 CCPR/C/144/D/3930/2021 CCPR/C/144/D/3960/2021 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 22 October 2025 Original: English