United Nations

CCPR/C/116/D/1145/2002

International Covenant on Civil and Political R ights

Distr.: General

11 August 2016

Original: English

Human Rights Committee

Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 1145/2002 * , **

Communication s ubmitted by:E.M.M.

Alleged victim:The author

State party:Zambia

Date of communication:26 September 2002

Substantive issue :Death sentence

At its meeting on 30 March 2016, the Human Rights Committee decidedto discontinue the consideration of communication No. 1145/2002on the grounds offailure by the author to respond to the Committee’s requests for comments regarding the information submitted by the State party indicating that the author hadbeen released from prison.