CCPR/C/115/D/2223/2012
Appendix
Joint opinion of Committee members Yuji Iwasawa, Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Yuval Shany and Konstantine Vardzelashvili (concurring)
We concur with the Committee’s conclusion that the State party has violated the
rights of the author under article 18 (1) of the Covenant, but for reasons different from the
majority of the Committee.a We will retain our reasoning even though we may not find it
compelling to repeat it in future communications.
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For details, see communications No. 2218/2012, Abdullayev v. Turkmenistan, Views adopted on
25 March 2015 (joint individual opinion of Committee members Yuji Iwasawa, Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Yuval Shany and Konstantine Vardzelashvili), with reference to communication No. 1853/2008 and
No. 1854/2008, Atasoy and Sarkut v. Turkey, Views adopted on 29 March 2012 (individual opinion
of Committee member Gerald L. Neuman, jointly with members Yuji Iwasawa, Michael O’Flaherty
and Walter Kälin); and No. 1786/2008, Kim et al. v. the Republic of Korea, Views adopted on 25
October 2012 (individual opinions of Committee member Walter Kälin and Committee members
Gerald L. Neuman and Yuji Iwasawa).