CEDAW/C/55/D/35/2011
Annex
Decision of the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women under the Optional Protocol
to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (fifty-fifth session)
Communication No. 35/2011, M. E. N. v. Denmark*
Submitted by:
M. E. N. (represented by counsel, Niels-Erik
Hansen)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
6 October 2011 (initial submission)
References:
Working Group’s decision under articles 5 and 6 of
the Optional Protocol and rules 63 and 69 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the
State party on 7 October 2011 (not issued in
document form)
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,
established under article 17 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women,
Meeting on 26 July 2013,
Adopts the following:
Decision on admissibility
1.1 The author of the communication, dated 6 October 2011, is M. E. N., a
Burundian national born on 1 July 1988. The author is an asylum seeker whose
application for asylum has been rejected. At the time of submission of the
communication, she was awaiting deportation from Denmark to Burundi. She claims
to be a victim of a violation by Denmark of articles 1, 2 (c), 2 (d) and 3 of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The
author is represented by counsel, Niels-Erik Hansen. The Convention and the
Optional Protocol thereto entered into force for the State party on 21 May 1983 and
22 December 2000, respectively.
* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Ms. Ayse Feride Acar, Ms. Noor Al-Jehani, Ms. Nicole Ameline, Ms. Barbara
Bailey, Ms. Náela Gabr, Ms. Hilary Gbedemah, Ms. Nahla Haidar, Ms. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari,
Ms. Yoko Hayashi, Ms. Ismat Jahan, Ms. Dalia Leinarte, Ms. Violeta Neubauer, Ms. Theodora
Nwankwo, Ms. Pramila Patten, Ms. Silvia Pimentel, Ms. Maria Helena Pires, Ms. Biancamaria
Pomeranzi, Ms. Patricia Schulz, Ms. Dubravka Šimonović and Ms. Xiaoqiao Zou.
The text of an individual opinion (dissenting) of Committee member Ms. Dubravka Šimonović,
joined by Ms. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Ms. Violeta Neubauer and Ms. Silvia Pimentel, is
appended to the present document.
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