Overview of the 112nd session of the Human Rights Committee (October 2014)
At its 112th Session (07 to 31 October 2014) the Human Rights Committee reviewed the reports of six States Parties: Burundi, Haiti, Israel, Malta, Montenegro and Sri Lanka.
The Committee also adopted the Lists of Issues in relation to the reports of five States: Canada, Spain, Macedonia, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan and Venezuela and the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Switzerland.
In addition General Comment 35 on article 9 (Liberty and Security of Persons) was adopted by the Committee.
50 individual communications were discussed, 35 were found to have violations, 4 with no violations, 8 were inadmissible and 3 were discontinued.