CCPR/C/125/D/3041/2017 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 6 June 2019 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol concerning communication No. 3041/2017*, **, *** Communication submitted by: B.D.K. (represented by counsel, Mylène Barrière) Alleged victims: The author and her two elder children State party: Canada Date of communication: 7 November 2017 Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 8 November 2017 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 19 March 2019 Subject matter: Deportation of an adult and two minor children to Angola Procedural issues: Exhaustion of domestic remedies; manifestly illfounded claims; re-evaluation of facts and evidence Substantive issues: Torture; cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; family rights; separation of children from parents; children rights; arbitrary arrest; detention Articles of the Covenant: 6, 7, 9, 17, 23 and 24 Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2 and 5 (2) (b) 1.1 The author submits the communication acting in her name and in the name of her two children, citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they were born in * Adopted by the Committee during its 125th session (4–29 March 2019). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Tania Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Christopher Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi. In accordance with article 108 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee, Marcia V.J. Kran, member of the Committee, did not participate in the examination of the communication. *** An individual opinion by Committee member José Manuel Santos Pais (dissenting) is annexed to the present Views. GE.19-09160(E) 

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