CCPR/C/125/D/2657/2015 rarely would leave permanent scars (para. 2.16). However, although such wounds may be consistent with the author’s account, they are also consistent with other plausible causes. This is particularly true since the forensic doctor who examined the author at the premises of the Guardia Civil confirmed before Court of Investigation No. 2 that the wounds she had observed did not match the author’s account (para. 2.16). Therefore, we have conflicting medical reports. 11. On December 2011, the High Court of Bizkaia dismissed the author’s appeal, noting that he had not raised any procedural objection regarding the gathering of evidence during the investigation stage and that there was insufficient evidence to continue the investigation (para. 2.19). 12. As for domestic remedies sought in relation to the alleged ill-treatment, in response to the investigative court’s having archived the case the higher court ordered a continuation of the inquiries, which led to a thorough investigation. On the basis of the evidence gathered, the designated lawyer did not observe any signs of ill-treatment, which is why, once the exhaustive collection of evidence had been completed, the investigative court archived the case for lack of consistency in the statement, a decision upheld by the higher court (para. 6.6). 13. The incommunicado detention in the present case was executed under judicial oversight and the author was examined by a doctor daily (paras. 6.10–6.12). 14. The contradictory forensic medical reports do not seem to hint at repeated sessions of ill-treatment to which the author claims to have been subjected, and lead me to conclude that the author failed to sufficiently substantiate his claims of a violation by Spain of article 7 of the Covenant. 15. Furthermore, I am of the view that Spanish judicial authorities investigated thoroughly and on different occasions the author’s claims and found them to be unfounded for lack of corroboration of his statement. I therefore also conclude that there was no violation of article 2 (3) read in conjunction with article 7 of the Covenant. GE.19-13559 15