thorough and impartial investigation into the allegations of police brutality as a possible cause of Mr. Ristic’s death. On 28 July 2006, the State party informed the Committee that the District Court of Belgrade had dismissed the complaint filed by the Republic of Serbia and the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in May 2005. On 8 February 2006, the Supreme Court of Serbia dismissed as unfounded the revised statement of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, ruling that it is bound to meet its obligations under the Convention. It was also held responsible for the failure to launch a prompt, impartial and full investigation into the death of Milan Ristic. Complainant’s response On 25 March 2005, the Committee received information from the Humanitarian Law Center in Belgrade to the effect that the First Municipal Court in Belgrade had ordered the State party to pay compensation of 1,000,000 dinars to the complainant’s parents for failure to conduct an expedient, impartial and comprehensive investigation into the causes of the complainant’s death in compliance with the decision of the Committee against Torture. Case Hajrizi Dzemajl et al., 161/2000 Nationality and country of removal if applicable Yugoslav Views adopted on 21 November 2002 Issues and violations found Burning and destruction of houses, failure to investigate and failure to provide compensation - articles 16, paragraph 1, 12 and 1312 12 Regarding article 14, the Committee declared that article 16, paragraph 1, of the Convention does not mention article 14 of the Convention. Nevertheless, article 14 of the Convention does not mean that the State party is not obliged to grant redress and fair and adequate compensation to the victim of an act in breach of article 16 of the Convention. The positive obligations that 116