CCPR/C/116/D/2324/2013
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
17 November 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication
No. 2324/2013*, **, ***
Communication submitted by:
Amanda Jane Mellet (represented by the Center
for Reproductive Rights)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Ireland
Date of communication:
11 November 2013
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 30 December 2013 (not issued
in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
31 March 2016
Subject matter:
Termination of pregnancy in a foreign country
Procedural issues:
None
Substantive issues:
Cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment; right to
privacy; right to obtain information; gender
discrimination
Articles of the Covenant:
2 (1), 3, 7, 17, 19 and 26
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
None
* 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, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Sir Nigel Rodley,
Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval. Five opinions signed by seven
Committee members are appended to the present Views.
*** The annexes to the present document are being circulated as received, in the language of submission
only.
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