CCPR/C/114/D/2370/2014
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. 2370/2014*
Submitted by:
A.H. (represented by counsel, Helge Nørrung)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
18 March 2014 (initial submission)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 16 July 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2370/2014, submitted to
it 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 A.H., an Afghan national born in 1985, who
was deported to Afghanistan on 18 March 2014, following the rejection of his asylum claim
in Denmark.1 He claims that, by forcibly deporting him to Afghanistan, Denmark violated
his rights under articles 6, 7, and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights. The author is represented by counsel, Helge Nørrung. The Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights entered into force for Denmark on 23
March 1976. Initially, the author invited the Committee to issue a request for interim
*
1
2
The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Olivier de Frouville, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Yuji
Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, 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.
The initial submission was sent after 11 p.m. on 17 March 2014. The deportation was scheduled for
midnight on 18 March 2014. The complaint was received by the secretariat later in the day on 18
March 2014. The secretariat informed the Special Rapporteur on new communications and interim
measures and requested counsel to provide an update as to the status of the deportation. Later that
morning, counsel indicated that the deportation had occurred, and the Special Rapporteur was
informed accordingly. Counsel then made a request to have the author returned to Denmark. The full
version of the communication (with English translations of the administrative decisions) was received
only on 27 March 2014.