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.26-04503 (E) Human Rights Committee Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 3784/2020**, *** Communication submitted by: V.N. (not represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The author State Party: Belarus Date of communication: 14 September 2019 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Peaceful assembly 1. The author of the communication is V.N., a national of Belarus. He alleges that the State Party violated his rights under articles 19 and 21 of the Covenant by arbitrarily refusing to authorize his application to hold a peaceful protest. 2. On 9 July 2020, the communication was registered. 3. On 20 October 2020, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and merits of the communication, which were transmitted to the author on 16 April 2021. 4. Reminders to submit his comments on the State Party’s observations were sent to the author on 28 June 2023 and 25 January 2025. The author was informed that, in the absence of response by 28 March 2025, the Committee would discontinue its consideration of the communication. 5. In view of the fact that no response was received and that contact with the author has apparently been lost, the Committee decided to discontinue its consideration of the communication.
* Reissued for technical reasons on 29 May 2026. ** Adopted by the Committee at its 145th session (2–19 March 2026). *** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Tania María Abdo Rocholl, 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, Tijana Šurlan, Teraya Koji, Hélène Tigroudja and Imeru Tamerat Yigezu. United Nations CCPR/C/145/D/3784/2020* International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 27 April 2026 Original: English