Human Rights Committee: Case D.K. v. Greece, Communication No 3582/2019, Violation of Article 14(1) and (3)(b) of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Abstract

On July 19 2024, the Human Rights Committee adopted its views under Ar-
ticle 5(4) of the Optional Protocol2, concerning Communication No. 3582/2019,
the author claiming violation of his right to a fair trial and his right to defence.
The views of the Human Rights Committee were published on August 20243,
with the author requesting anonymity of his identity.
This is one of the few communications ever presented before the Human
Rights Committee against Greece on a sensitive issue that of a fair trial. For
the history we may refer to the fact, that the author had already in his favor a
decision from the European Court of Human Rights, after submitting a com-
plaint4, claiming that his right to be presumed innocent had been violated by
the statement made by the Prime Minister and cabinet minister who, while his
case was pending on appeal, made a series of incriminated statements against
him. The European Court of Human Rights published its decision on 24 May
2011 and found that the author’s rights were violated under article 6 (2) of the
European Convention of Human Rights.