CCPR/C/112/D/2053/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
7 January 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2053/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 112th session
(7–31 October 2014)
Submitted by:
B.L. (represented by Balmain for Refugees)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Australia
Date of communication:
15 April 2011 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 92 and 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 26 April 2011 (not
issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
16 October 2014
Subject matter:
Deportation to Senegal
Substantive issues:
Right to life; right to protection from cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment; right to
freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Procedural issues:
Insufficient substantiation; non-exhaustion of
domestic remedies; inadmissibility ratione materiae
Articles of the Covenant:
6, 7 and 18
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2, 3 and 5 (para. 2 (b))
GE.15- 00119 (E)