CCPR/C/114/D/2288/2013
Annex
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5 (4) of
the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights (114th session)
concerning
Communication No. 2288/2013*
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)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 23 July 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2288/2013, submitted to
the Human Rights Committee by Osayi Omo-Amenaghawon, 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:
Views under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol
1.1
The author of the communication is Osayi Omo-Amenaghawon, a Nigerian national
born on 30 April 1990. She submits the communication on her behalf and on behalf of her
minor child. She claims that the State party would violate her rights under articles 6 and 7
of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights were she to be deported to
Nigeria. She also claims that her rights under articles 2, 18, 26 and 27, read in conjunction
with articles 3, 6, 7, 13 and 14 of the Covenant, would be violated by the State party. She is
represented by counsel, Jens Rye-Andersen.
1.2
On 2 October 2013, pursuant to rule 92 of the Committee’s 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 author and her child to
Nigeria while the communication was being examined. On 9 October 2013, the Refugee
* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Ahmed Amin Fathalla,
Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Duncan Muhumuza Laki, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel
Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Anja
Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval.
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