CCPR/C/121/D/2303/2013
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
3 January 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional
Protocol, concerning communication No. 2303/2013*, **
Communication submitted by:
B.S.S. et al.
Alleged victims:
The authors
State party:
Canada
Date of communication:
31 October 2013
Substantive issue:
Deportation to India
At its meeting on 8 November 2017, the Committee, having been informed that the
authors and the State party had reached an agreement on the substantive issue raised in the
communication and that the authors were no longer at risk of deportation, decided to
discontinue the consideration of communication No. 2303/2013.
* Adopted by the Committee at its 121st session (16 October–10 November 2017).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Christof Heyns, Yuji
Iwasawa, Bamariam Koita, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, José Manuel
Santos Pais, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany and Margo Waterval.
GE.18-00094(E)