CCPR/C/125/D/2494/2014
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
17 May 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2494/2014*, **
Submitted by:
S.F. (represented by counsel, Niels-Erik Hansen)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
28 July 2014 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure transmitted to
the State party on 9 December 2014 (not issued
in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
14 March 2019
Subject matter:
Deportation to the Islamic Republic of Iran
Procedural issues:
Ratione materiae; level of substantiation of
claims
Substantive issues:
Risk of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment; non-refoulement
Articles of the Covenant:
2, 6, 7, 13, 14, 26
Article of the Optional Protocol:
2
* Adopted by the Committee at its 125th session (4–29 March 2019).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Christopher Arif Bulkan, Ahmed
Amin Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Duncan Laki
Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais,
Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi.
GE.19-08113(E)