CCPR/C/114/D/2426/2014
Annex
Decision of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (114th session)
concerning
Communication No. 2426/2014*
Submitted by:
N (represented by Helle Holm Thomsen)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
13 June 2014
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 23 July 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2426/2014, submitted to
it by N 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:
Decision on admissibility
1.1
The author of the communication is N, an Iranian national of Kurdish origin born on
1 July 1991 in Al-Tash refugee camp in Iraq. He is residing in Denmark and subject to a
deportation order to the Islamic Republic of Iran. He claims to be a victim of a violation by
Denmark of his rights under article 7 of the Covenant. He is represented by counsel, Helle
Holm Thomsen.
1.2
On 16 June 2014, the Special Rapporteur on new communications and interim
measures, acting on behalf of the Committee, requested that the State party refrain from
returning the author to the Islamic Republic of Iran while his communication was pending
before the Committee. On that same date, the State party suspended the execution of the
deportation order against the author. On 16 December 2014, the State party requested that
the interim measures be lifted (see para. 4.12 below). On 23 January 2015, the Special
Rapporteur decided to deny the request to lift the interim measures.
* The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić,
Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Victor Manuel
Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany,
Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval.
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