CCPR/C/125/D/2923/2016
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
3 June 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2923/2016*, **, ***
Communication submitted by:
Shafaq Baharuddin (represented by BarczaSzabó Zita Borbála, Hungarian Helsinki
Committee)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Hungary
Date of communication:
22 December 2016 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rules 92 and 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 23 December 2016 (not issued
in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
15 March 2019
Subject matter:
Author’s deportation from Hungary to Bulgaria
Procedural issue:
Lack of sufficient substantiation
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture or other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment
Articles of the Covenant:
7 and 2 (3) (a)
Article of the Optional Protocol:
5 (2) (a) and (b)
* Adopted by the Committee at its 125th session (4–29 March 2019).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Christopher Arif Bulkan, Ahmed
Amin Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Duncan Laki
Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais,
Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi.
*** An individual opinion by Committee member Yadh Ben Achour (dissenting) is annexed to the present
Views.
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