CCPR/C/117/D/2387/2014 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 16 March 2017 English Original: English and Spanish Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2387/2014*, **, *** Communication submitted by: A.B. (represented by counsel Laura Brittain, then Benjamin Liston) Alleged victim: The author State party: Canada Date of communication: 29 April 2014 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 5 May 2014 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 15 July 2016 Subject matter: Deportation from Canada to Somalia Procedural issues: Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies; level of substantiation of claims; incompatibility with the Covenant Substantive issues: Right to an effective remedy; right to life; risk of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; right to privacy, family and reputation; protection of the family Articles of the Covenant: 2 (3), 6 (1), 7, 17 and 23 (1) Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2, 3 and 5 (2) (b) 1.1 The author of the communication is A.B., a national of Somalia born in 1979. He is a member of the Somali Darod clan. He was recognized as a refugee in Canada in 1993. However, he faces deportation to Somalia owing to his criminal record in Canada. He claims that if Canada proceeds with his deportation to Somalia, it would amount to a * Adopted by the Committee at its 117th session (20 June-15 July 2016). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval. *** Three individual opinions by Committee members Yadh Ben Achour, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Rescia and Fabián Omar Salvioli are annexed to the present Views. GE.17-03930 (E) 200317  210317

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