CCPR/C/114/D/2288/2013
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
15 September 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2288/2013
Views adopted by the Committee at its 114th session
(29 June-24 July 2015)
Submitted by:
Osayi Omo-Amenaghawon (represented by
counsel, Jens Rye-Andersen)
Alleged victim:
The author and her minor child
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
25 September 2013 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 2 October 2013
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
23 July 2015
Subject matter:
Deportation to Nigeria of victim of human
trafficking
Procedural issues:
Failure to sufficiently substantiate allegations;
competence ratione materiae
Substantive issues:
Expulsion of aliens; risk of irreparable harm in
country of origin; right to an effective remedy;
right to life; prohibition of torture or cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment; expulsion of
non-citizen; fair trial; right to freedom of
religion; right to equal protection of the law
Articles of the Covenant:
2, 3, 6, 7, 13, 14, 18, 26 and 27
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2 and 3
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