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.
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