CCPR/C/128/D/3012/2017
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
17 June 2020
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional
Protocol, concerning communication No. 3012/2017*, **
Communication submitted by:
D.A.M.
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Sweden
Date of communication:
4 July 2017 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 27 July 2017 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of decision:
13 March 2020
Subject matter:
Deportation from Sweden to Somalia
Procedural issue:
Level of substantiation of claims
Substantive issues:
Risk of torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment; nonrefoulement
Article of the Covenant:
7
Article of the Optional Protocol:
2
1.1
The author of the communication is D.A.M., a national of Somalia born on 11
September 1982 in Mogadishu. She is subject to a deportation order to Somalia following
the Swedish authorities’ rejection of her asylum application. She claims that the State party
has violated her rights under article 7 of the Covenant. The author is not represented by
counsel. The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 23 March 1976.
1.2
On 27 July 2017, pursuant to rule 94 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 returning the author to Somalia while her case was under
consideration by the Committee.
* Adopted by the Committee at its 128th session (2–27 March 2020).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Yadh
Ben Achour, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran,
Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany,
Hélène Tigroudja and Gentian Zyberi.
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