CCPR/C/112/D/2186/2012
Annex
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5,
paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (112th session)
concerning
Communication No. 2186/2012*
Submitted by:
Mr. X and Ms. X (represented by counsel,
Helge Nørrung)
Alleged victims:
Authors
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
7 August 2012 (initial submission)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 22 October 2014,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2186/2012 submitted to
the Human Rights Committee by Mr. X and Ms. X under the Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Having taken into account all written information made available to it by the author
of the communication and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol
1.1
The authors of the communication are Mr. X, a Russian national born in 1979, and
his wife, Ms. X, also a Russian national born in 1979, residing in Denmark at the time of
the submission. Following the rejection of their asylum claim, they have been ordered to
leave Denmark immediately. They submit that if Denmark proceeds with their forcible
return to the Russian Federation this would constitute a violation of their rights under
articles 6 and 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The authors also
allege violations of their rights under articles 14 and 26 by the State party. The authors are
represented by counsel.
1.2
On 9 August 2012, pursuant to rule 92 of its rules of procedure, the Committee,
acting through its Special Rapporteur on new communications and interim measures,
* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Christine Chanet, Ahmad Amin Fathalla,
Cornelis Flinterman, Yuji Iwasawa, Walter Kälin, Zonke Zanele Majodina, Gerald L. Neuman, Víctor
Manuel Rodríguez Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall B. Seetulsingh, Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili, Margo Waterval and Andrei Paul Zlătescu.
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