CCPR/C/116/D/2327/2014
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General3 May 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2327/2014*, **
Communication submitted by:
Y (represented by counsel, Joseph W. Allen)
Alleged victim:
Y
State party:
Canada
Date of communication:
31 October 2013 (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 7 January 2014 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
10 March 2016
Subject matter:
Deportation of author to Bangladesh
Procedural issues:
Admissibility – exhaustion of domestic
remedies; admissibility – manifestly ill-founded;
admissibility – ratione materiae; admissibility –
victim status
Substantive issues:
Arbitrary detention; discrimination; nonrefoulement; refugee status; right to life; torture
Articles of the Covenant:
6 (1), 7, 9 (1) and 26
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
1, 2, 3 and 5 (2) (b)
* Adopted by the Committee at its 116th session (7-31 March 2016).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Olivier de Frouville,
Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián
Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili
and Margo Waterval.
GE.16-07148(E)