CCPR/C/117/D/2291/2013 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 9 September 2016 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2291/2013*, ** Communication submitted by: A and B (represented by counsel, Niels Erik-Hansen) Alleged victims: A and B State party: Denmark Date of communication: 1 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 23 October 2013 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 13 July 2016 Subject matter: Removal of the authors to Pakistan Procedural issues: Admissibility – manifestly ill-founded; admissibility – ratione materiae Substantive issues: Risk of torture and violation of freedom of religion in case of return to country of origin; fair trial Articles of the Covenant: 6, 7, 13, 14 and 18 Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2 and 3 * Adopted by the Committee at its 117th session (20 June-15 July 2016). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Photini Pazartzis, 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.16-15573(E) 

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