CCPR/C/113/D/2272/2013
Annex
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5 (4) of
the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil
and Political rights (113th session)
concerning
Communication No. 2272/2013*
Submitted by:
P.T. (represented by counsel, the Danish Refugee
Council)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
16 July 2013 (initial submission)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 1 April 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2272/2013, submitted to
the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights,
Having taken into account all written information made available to it by the author
of the communication and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Views under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol1
1.1
The author of the communication is P.T., a Sri Lankan national born on 12 May
1976. He claims that by deporting him to Sri Lanka, Denmark would violate his rights
under article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (hereinafter “the
Covenant”). The author is represented by counsel, Louise Schødt, from the Danish Refugee
Council.
1.2
When registering the communication on 17 July 2013, and pursuant to rule 92 of its
rules of procedure, the Committee, acting through its Special Rapporteur on new
communications and interim measures, requested the State party to refrain from deporting
the author to Sri Lanka while his case is under consideration by the Committee.
* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
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2
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Olivier
de Frouville, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Sir Nigel
Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany,
Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval.
The Optional Protocol entered into force for Denmark on 6 April 1972.