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5.
Lastly, we note that the authors’ claim in relation to themselves is of a type that has
been repeatedly recognized under the Covenant, covering the profound anguish and suffering
experienced by persons whose immediate relatives are the victims of serious human rights
violations and exacerbated by the indifference of official authorities. 5 The first-named author
is the child of the disappeared couple, and the effects of being orphaned were both material
and emotional, acute and omnipresent throughout her life and that of her deceased sister. That
the first-named author continues to seek justice 84 years later, undaunted by the structural
barriers placed in her way by the State party, is indicative of the depth and persistence of her
grief. Had this case been found admissible by the Committee, it is difficult in such
circumstances to envisage any conclusion other than that of a violation of article 7 of the
Covenant, read in conjunction with article 2 (3).
5
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Schedko v. Belarus (CCPR/C/77/D/886/1999), para. 10.2; Sankara et al. v. Burkina Faso
(CCPR/C/86/D/1159/2003), para 12.2; and Khadzhiyev v. Turkmenistan (CCPR/C/122/D/2252/2013),
para. 7.6.
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