CRPD/C/18/D/28/2015 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Distr.: General 5 October 2017 Original: English Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Decision adopted by the Committee under article 2 of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 28/2015*, ** Communication submitted by: O.O.J. (represented by Lars Andén) Alleged victims: E.O.J., O.O.J., F.I.J., E.J. State party: Sweden Date of communication: 18 March 2015 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rules 64 and 70 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 19 March 2015 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of the decision: 18 August 2017 Subject matter: Deportation of child with autism and his family to Nigeria Procedural issues: Exhaustion of domestic remedies; substantiation of claims; admissibility — ratione materiae; admissibility — ratione personae Substantive issues: Equal recognition before the law; access to justice; freedom from cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; right to education; right to health services; right to habilitation and rehabilitation services; right to adequate standard of living and social protection Articles of the Convention: 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 15, 24, 25, 26 and 28 Articles of the Optional Protocol: 1, 2 (b), (d) and (e) * Adopted by the Committee at its eighteenth session (14-31 August 2017). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Ahmad Al Saif, Danlami Umaru Basharu, Munthian Buntan, Imed Eddine Chaker, Theresia Degener, Samuel Njuguna Kabue, Hyung Shik Kim, Stig Langvad, Lászlo Gábor Lovaszy, Robert George Martin, Martin Babu Mwesigwa, Carlos Alberto Parra Dussan, Coomaravel Pyaneandee, Valery Nikitich Rukhledev, Jonas Ruskus and Damjan Tatić. GE.17-17525(E) 

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