CEDAW/C/55/D/33/2011 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. 33/2011, M. N. N. v. Denmark* Submitted by: M. N. N. (represented by counsel, Niels-Erik Hansen) Alleged victim: The author State party: Denmark Date of communication: 8 May 2010 (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 13 July 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 15 July 2013, Adopts the following: Decision on admissibility 1.1 The author of the communication is M. N. N., a Ugandan national born on 26 December 1984. The author sought asylum in Denmark; her application was rejected and, at the time of submission of the communication, she was awaiting deportation from Denmark to Uganda. She claims that such deportation would constitute 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 Optional Protocol to the Convention entered into force for Denmark on 22 December 2000. 1.2 On 13 July 2011, pursuant to article 5 (1) of the Optional Protocol and rule 63 of its rules of procedure, the Committee requested the State party to refrain from expelling the author to Uganda while her communication was under consideration * The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Ms. Ayse Feride Acar, Ms. Noor Al-Jehani, Ms. Barbara Bailey, Ms. Olinda BareiroBobadilla, Mr. Niklas Bruun, Ms. Naéla 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. 2/19 13-42827

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