CCPR/C/144/D/4406/2023

GE.25-13335 (E) 221025 221025 Human Rights Committee Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 4406/2013*, ** Communication submitted by: E.E. (represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The author State Party: Kyrgyzstan Date of communication: 27 December 2022 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Torture; arbitrary detention; fair trial 1. The author of the communication is E.E., a national of Kyrgyzstan. She claims that the State Party violated her rights under article 7, read alone and in conjunction with article 2 (3) (a) and (c), and under articles 9 (1) and 14 (1), (3) (e) and (4) of the Covenant. 2. On 21 June 2023, the communication was registered. 3. On 20 November 2023, the State Party submitted its observations on admissibility and the merits, which were transmitted to the author for comment on 16 April 2024. 4. On 6 November 2024, reminders were sent to the author to submit her comments on the State Party’s observations by 6 January 2025. The author was informed that, in the absence of a response, her communication might be discontinued. 5. On 17 July 2025, the Committee, in the light of the fact that it had received no response from the author, with whom it had apparently lost contact, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 4406/2013.

* 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/4406/2023 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 22 October 2025 Original: English