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.
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