CCPR/C/125/D/2672/2015
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
24 May 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional
Protocol, concerning communication No. 2672/2015*, **
Communication submitted by:
J.F.H. (represented by counsel, Rabih AzadAhmad)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
23 January 2015 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 9 November 2015 (not issued
in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
29 March 2019
Subject matter:
Deportation from Denmark to Italy; inhuman and
degrading treatment
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies; level of
substantiation of claims
Substantive issues:
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment upon return to country of first
asylum, family rights
Articles of the Covenant:
7 and 23
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2 and 5 (2) (b)
Decision on admissibility
1.1
The author of the communication is J.F.H., an ethnic Kurd and Syrian national, born
on 2 June 1992 in Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic. He is residing in Denmark and subject to
a deportation order to Italy. 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, Rabih Azad-Ahmad. The
Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 23 March 1976.
* Adopted by the Committee during 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.19-08545(E)