CCPR/C/125/D/2901/2016 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 22 May 2019 Original: English Human Rights Committee Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2901/2016*, ** Communication submitted by: X (represented by counsel, Zsolt Szekeres) Alleged victim: The author State party: Hungary Date of communication: 8 December 2016 (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 2016 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of decision: 29 March 2019 Subject matter: Deportation to Bulgaria Procedural issues: Admissibility – victim status; admissibility – ratione materiae; victim status Substantive issues: Aliens’ rights – expulsion; cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; effective remedy; torture Articles of the Covenant: 7, and 2 (3) (a) read in conjunction with 7 Articles of the Optional Protocol: 1 and 3 1.1 The author of the communication is X, a national of Pakistan born on 14 July 2000. He claims that Hungary has violated his rights under article 7, and article 2 (3) (a) read in conjunction with article 7, of the Covenant. The Optional Protocol entered into force for Hungary on 7 December 1988. The author is represented by counsel, Zsolt Szekeres of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee. 1.2 On 9 December 2016, pursuant to rule 92 of its rules of procedure, the Committee, acting through its Special Rapporteur on new communications and interim measures, requested the State party to refrain from removing the author to Bulgaria while the communication was under consideration by the Committee. On 24 April 2017, the * 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 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.19-08330(E) 

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