CCPR/C/119/D/2735/2016
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
23 June 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional
Protocol, concerning communication No. 2735/2016*, **
Communication submitted by:
M.T. et al.
Alleged victim:
The authors
State party:
Republic of Korea
Date of communication:
12 February 2016
Substantive issue:
Deportation to the Syrian Arab Republic;
conditions of detention
At its meeting on 28 March 2017, the Human Rights Committee decided to
discontinue the consideration of communication No. 2735/2016 because the authors and the
State party had reached an agreement on the substantive issue raised in the communication
and the authors were no longer at risk of deportation.
* Adopted by the Committee at its 119th session (6-29 March 2017).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Sarah Cleveland, Ahmed Amin
Fathalla, Olivier de Frouville, Christof Heyns, Yuji Iwasawa, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran,
Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, José Manuel Santos Pais, Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Yuval Shany and Margo Waterval.
GE.17-10461(E)