CCPR/C/115/D/1895/2009
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
11 December 2015
English
Original: French
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 1895/2009
Decision adopted by the Committee at its 115th session
(19 October-6 November 2015)
Submitted by:
S.R. (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victims:
A.B.K. (his wife), N.U.R. (his daughter),
S.B.R. (his daughter) and the author
State party:
Belgium
Date of communication:
9 July 2009 (initial submission)
Document reference:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 18 August
2009 (not issued in document form)
Date of decision:
2 November 2015
Subject matter:
Deportation to Rwanda
Procedural issues:
Lack of cooperation from the State party
Substantive issues:
Prohibition of torture and cruel or inhuman
treatment; prohibition of discrimination;
equality of men and women before the law;
right to recognition as a person before the
law; right to protection of the family; right
to protection of the child
Articles of the Covenant:
2 (para. 1), 3, 7, 16, 23 (para. 1), 24 and 26
Article of the Optional Protocol: None
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