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.26-04506 (E) 210426 210426 Human Rights Committee Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 3846/2020*, ** Communication submitted by: A.A. (not represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The author State Party: Belarus Date of communication: 20 August 2018 (initial submission) Substantive issues: Freedoms of opinion and expression; right of peaceful assembly 1. The author of the communication was A.A., a national of Belarus. He alleged that the State Party had violated his rights under articles 19 and 21 of the Covenant by sentencing him to a fine for participating in an unauthorized peaceful protest. 2. On 20 November 2020, the communication was registered. 3. On 15 February 2021, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and the merits of the communication, which were transmitted to the author on 14 April 2021. 4. On 6 July 2023 and 6 December 2024, reminders were sent to the author to submit his comments on the State Party’s observations. 5. On 9 December 2024, the author’s son informed the Committee that the author had passed away. 6. On 12 December 2024, the author’s son was informed that, if he wished to continue with the communication, he had until 6 February 2025 to submit comments on behalf of the late author and that, in the absence of comments, the communication might be discontinued thereafter. 7. On 16 March 2026, the Committee, in the light of the fact that it had received no response from the author’s son, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 3846/2020.
* 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/3846/2020 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 21 April 2026 Original: English