CCPR/C/116/D/2060/2011 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 3 May 2016 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2060/2011*, ** Communication submitted by: W.M.G. (represented by counsel, Carole Simone Dahan) Alleged victim: The author State party: Canada Date of communication: 10 May 2011 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 12 May 2011 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 11 March 2016 Subject matter: Deportation to Zimbabwe of a person who is HIV-positive Procedural issues: Exhaustion of domestic remedies, ratione materiae; failure to sufficiently substantiate allegations Substantive issues: Right to an effective remedy; right to life; torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; fair trial; right to privacy, family and reputation; protection of the family Articles of the Covenant: 2 (3), 6 (1), 7, 14 (1) (2) and (3) (c), 17 and 23 (1) Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2, 3 and 5 (2) (b) * Adopted by the Committee at its 116th session (7-31 March 2016). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval. GE.16-07181(E) 

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