CCPR/C/118/D/2152/2012 threatened by other detainees, but the administration ignored his requests to be placed separately from the general population. The author suffered from different illnesses (headaches, earaches, depression) but he did not receive adequate treatment. 2 On days when he was taken to a court hearing, he was woken up at 6 a.m., kept for three hours in a transfer cell in the basement and transported to the court in a truck, in which he was obliged to sit on a wooden bench. In the court building he was kept all day in a cell, which measured 1m x 3m, despite the fact that hearings usually took only a few minutes. He was not provided with any food and only allowed to drink water from the tap when he was taken to the toilet. He was returned to the detention centre only after dinner time, so on days when he had court hearings his only meal was breakfast. 5.4 On 7 September 2012, in his comments on the State party’s observations, the author submitted that the Syktyvkar City Court had completely ignored his complaints regarding his detention in the punishment and rubber cells and the testimonies of his cellmates that he presented as evidence. He submits that he provided a detailed description of the interior of the rubber cell and the punishment cell, as evidence that he had been placed in those cells. 5.5 The author also submits that on 1 March 2010, the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic rejected his request for a supervisory review, stating that no serious violations of the material and procedural rules had been committed by the lower courts. The author maintains that any further appeals in the Russian Federation would be pointless. He also submits that a request for a supervisory review by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is not considered an effective remedy and that the Constitutional Court has limited competence and would not review the issue of compliance with an international treaty. 5.6 The author challenges the State party’s submission that article 10 (2) of the Covenant is not applicable to him, since he was detained in the detention centre in the capacity of an accused person between 1 September 2006 and 28 August 2007, when the verdict against him entered into force. He also submits that his correspondence with the European Court of Human Rights did not yield any results, since his application was rejected because he had missed the deadline for submission. 5.7 The author further maintains that in violation of article 2 (2) of the Covenant, the State party did not provide effective measures against the illegal or unregistered placement of a detainee in the rubber cell. He also submits that the State party failed to provide information on when the heating system was turned on in the detention centre and reiterates that he was kept in underwear in the rubber cell in very cold temperatures. 3 He also reiterates that the State party has failed to provide an explanation as to why he was detained with mentally ill and convicted detainees. He also submits that he was placed under monitoring on 2 September 2006 as a person inclined to commit suicide. State party’s observations on the merits 6.1 On 28 March 2013, the State party submitted that in accordance with the internal rules of the pretrial detention centre, approved by order No. 189 of the Ministry of Justice of the Komi Republic on 14 October 2005, upon arrival detainees are placed in a common cell for no more than one day. The author arrived on 1 September 2006 and was placed in common cell No. 1. On 2 September, he was moved to cell No. 66. Upon arrival, the author 2 3 The author submitted a letter from a fellow detainee, describing the author’s poor health, which was allegedly presented as evidence in court, but was ignored. The author submitted a copy of a note from the medical service of the detention centre, stating that he requested medical assistance on 20 September 2006, because he had a cold; that on 2 February 2007 he was suffering from dermatitis; and that on 16 June and 4 September 2007 he was suffering from post-traumatic encephalopathy. 5