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Mr. Yuzepchuk’s rights under article 6, article 7, article 9, paragraph 3, and article 14,
paragraphs 1 and 3 (e) and (g), of the Covenant. The State party has also breached its
obligations under article 1 of the Optional Protocol to the Covenant.
10.
In accordance with article 2, paragraph 3 (a), of the Covenant, the State party is
under an obligation to provide adequate monetary compensation to the author’s family for
the loss of his life, including reimbursement of the legal costs incurred. The State party is
also under an obligation to prevent similar violations in the future and, in the light of its
obligations under the Optional Protocol, to cooperate in good faith with the Committee,
particularly by complying with the requests of the Committee for interim measures.
11.
Bearing in mind that, by becoming a party to the Optional Protocol, the State party
has recognized the competence of the Committee to determine whether there has been a
violation of the Covenant or not and that, pursuant to article 2 of the Covenant, the State
party has undertaken to ensure to all individuals within its territory or subject to its
jurisdiction the rights recognized in the Covenant and to provide an effective and
enforceable remedy in cases where a violation has been established, the Committee wishes
to receive from the State party, within 180 days, information about the measures taken to
give effect to the Views of the Committee. In addition, it requests the State party to publish
the present Views and to have them widely disseminated in Belarusian and Russian in the
State party.
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