CCPR/C/118/D/2569/2015
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
16 December 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication No.
2569/2015*, **
Communication submitted by:
B.M.I. and N.A.K. (represented by counsel,
Hannah Krog)
Alleged victims:
The authors and their two minor children
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
6 February 2015 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rules 92 and rule 97
of the Committee’s rules of procedure,
transmitted to the State party on 13 February
2015 (not issued in a document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
28 October 2016
Subject matter:
Deportation from Denmark to Bulgaria
Procedural issue:
Level of substantiation of claims
Substantive issues:
Risk of torture and ill-treatment
Article of the Covenant:
7
Article of the Optional Protocol:
2
1.1
The authors of the communication are B.M.I., born on 1 January 1982, and N.A.K.,
born on 1 August 1988. They submit the communication on their behalf and on behalf of
their two minor daughters, P., born on 9 October 2012 in the Syrian Arab Republic, and B.,
born on 3 July 2014 in Denmark. The authors are ethnic Kurds from the Syrian Arab
Republic, of Muslim faith. They are subject to deportation to Bulgaria, following the
* Adopted by the Committee at its 118th session (17 October-4 November 2016).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Sarah Cleveland, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Duncan Laki
Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Rescia,
Fabián Omar Salvioli, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo
Waterval.
GE.16-22304(E)