United Nations CCPR/C/118/D/2608/2015* International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 29 December 2016 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2608/2015**, *** Communication submitted by: R.A.A. and Z. M. (represented by counsel) Alleged victims: The authors State party: Denmark Date of communication: 8 May 2015 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 8 May 2015 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 28 October 2016 Subject matter: Degrading and inhuman treatment; deportation to Bulgaria Procedural issue: Lack of substantiation Substantive issue: Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Article of the Covenant: 7 Article of the Optional Protocol: 2 * Reissued for technical reasons on17 March 2017. ** Adopted by the Committee at its 118th session (17 October-4 November 2016). *** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Ahmet Amin Fathalla, Olivier de Frouville, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval. One joint opinion, signed by five members of the Committee, is appended to the present Views. GE.16-23130(E) 

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