CCPR/C/115/D/2344/2014
Annex
Decision of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (115th session)
concerning
Communication No. 2344/2014*
Submitted by:
E.P. and F.P. (represented by Helge Nørrung)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
6 February 2014 (initial submission)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 2 November 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2344/2014, submitted to
the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights,
Having taken into account all written information made available to it by the author
of the communication and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision on admissibility
1.1
The authors of the communication are Mr. E.P. and his wife, Ms. F.P., born
respectively on 28 September 1967 and 19 May 1977. They claim that, by deporting them
to Albania, Denmark would violate their rights under articles 6, 14 and 26 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The authors are represented. The
Optional Protocol entered into force for Denmark on 6 April 1972.
1.2
When registering the communication on 7 February 2014, and pursuant to rule 92 of
its rules of procedure, the Committee, acting through its Special Rapporteur on new
communications and interim measures, requested the State party to refrain from deporting
the authors to Albania while their case was under consideration by the Committee.
* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville,
Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Duncan Muhumuza Laki, Photini Pazartzis,
Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Victor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall
Seetulsingh, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval.
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