CCPR/C/120/D/2511/2014
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
5 October 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional
Protocol, concerning communication No. 2511/2014*, **
Submitted by:
S.R.
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Canada
Date of communication:
16 December 2014
Substantive issue:
Deportation to Sri Lanka
At its meeting on 28 July 2017, the Committee, having been informed that the
author and the State party had reached an agreement on the substantive issue raised in the
communication and that the author was no longer at risk of deportation, decided to
discontinue the consideration of communication No. 2511/2014.
* Adopted by the Committee at its 120th session (3-28 July 2017).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Sarah Cleveland, Ahmed Amin
Fathalla, Olivier de Frouville, Christof Heyns, Yuji Iwasawa, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran,
Duncan Laki Mahumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, José Manuel Santos Pais, Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Yuval Shany and Margo Waterval.
GE.17-17497(E)