Decision; Subjects: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; [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.26-04533 (E) 210426 210426 Human Rights Committee Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 4228/2022*, ** Communication submitted by: V.K. (represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The author State Party: Russian Federation Date of communication: 3 October 2022 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Extradition to Belarus 1. The author of the communication is V.K., a national of Belarus. He alleges that, by extraditing him to Belarus, the State Party would violate his rights under article 7 of the Covenant. 2. On 5 October 2022, pursuant to rule 94 of its rules of procedure, the Committee, acting through its Special Rapporteurs on new communications and interim measures, requested the State Party to refrain from removing the author to Belarus while the communication was pending before the Committee. 3. On 19 April 2023, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and the merits of the communication, which were transmitted to the author on 24 July 2023. 4. On 30 October 2024, a reminder was sent to the author to submit his comments on the State Party’s observations. The author was informed that, in the absence of a response by 30 December 2024, the communication might be discontinued. 5. On 30 October 2024, the author’s counsel confirmed receipt of the reminder, but did not provide comments on the State Party’s observations. 6. On 16 March 2026, the Committee, in the light of the fact that no substantive response had been received and that contact with the author had apparently been lost, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 4228/2022.
* 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/4228/2022 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 21 April 2026 Original: English