CCPR/C/127/D/2276/2013
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
18 December 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of
the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No.
2276/2013*, **
Communication submitted by:
D.N. (represented by counsel, Viken Artinian)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Canada
Date of communication:
20 July 2013 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 23 July 2013 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
24 October 2019
Subject matter:
Deportation from Canada to Sri Lanka
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies; level of
substantiation of claims; incompatibility ratione
materiae with the provisions of the Covenant
Substantive issues:
Right to life; risk of torture or ill-treatment; right
to liberty and security of person; right to family
life; protection of a child
Articles of the Covenant:
6, 7, 9, 23 and 24
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2, 3 and 5 (2) (b)
1.1
The author of the communication is D.N., a national of Sri Lanka born in 1992. The
author’s application for asylum has been denied by the State party. He claims that his
removal to Sri Lanka would amount to a violation by Canada of his rights under articles 6,
7, 9, 23 and 24 of the Covenant. The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party
on 19 August 1976. The author is represented by counsel.
* Adopted by the Committee at its 127th session (14 October–8 November 2019).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin
Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini
Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène
Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi. In accordance with rule 108, paragraph 1 (a),
of the Committee’s rules of procedure, Marcia V.J. Kran did not participate in the examination of the
communication.
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