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) 

Select target paragraph3