CCPR/C/130/D/3599/2019 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 16 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. GE.21-06035

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