CCPR/C/130/D/2526/2015 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 22 July 2021 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2526/2015*, **, *** Communication submitted by: Zhavlon Mirzakhodzhaev (not represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The author State party: Kyrgyzstan Date of communication: 10 September 2014 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 9 January 2015 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 6 November 2020 Subject matter: Denial of fair trial Procedural issues: None Substantive issues: Fair trial; presumption of innocence; trial in absentia; discrimination on the ground of ethnic origin Articles of the Covenant: 2 (1), 14 (1), (2) and (3) (d) and (e), 17 (1) and 27 Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2 and 5 (2) (b) 1. The author of the communication is Zhavlon Mirzakhodzhaev, a Kyrgyz citizen of Uzbek ethnicity born in 1964, currently in exile with his family. 1 He claims to be a victim of violation by Kyrgyzstan of his rights under articles 2 (1), 14 (1), (2) and (3) (d) and (e), 17 (1) and 27 of the Covenant. The Optional Protocol entered into force for Kyrgyzstan on 7 January 1995. The author is not represented by counsel. * Adopted by the Committee at its 130th session (12 October–6 November 2020). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Furuya Shuichi, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, David Moore, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi. *** An individual opinion by Committee member Furuya Shuichi, partially joined by Committee members David Moore and Hélène Tigroudja (dissenting), and an individual opinion by Committee member Gentian Zyberi (dissenting), are annexed to the present Views. 1 They were granted asylum in Switzerland. GE.21-10133(E)