CCPR/C/112/D/2243/2013
Annex
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5,
paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political rights (112th session)
concerning
Communication No. 2243/2013* **
Submitted by:
Muneer Ahmed Husseini (represented
by counsel, Finn Roger Nielsen)
Alleged victims:
The author and his two children
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
7 May 2013 (initial submission)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 24 October 2014,
Having concluded its consideration of Communications Nos. 2243/2013, submitted
to the Human Rights Committee by Muneer Ahmed Husseini, 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, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol
1.1
The author of the communication, dated 7 May 2013, is Muneer Ahmed Husseini,
an Afghan national, born on 7 March 1986. He submits his communication on his own
behalf and on behalf of his son and daughter, Danish citizens, born on 3 November 2008
and 4 September 2010, respectively. He claims that the State party’s decision to expel him
permanently from Denmark constitutes a breach of his rights under articles 2, 13, 23 and 24
of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and of his children’s rights under article 23
and 24 of the Covenant. The author is represented by counsel.1
* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Christine Chanet, Ahmad Amin Fathalla,
Cornelis Flinterman, Yuji Iwasawa, Walter Kälin, Zonke Zanele Majodina, Gerard L. Neuman, Sir
Nigel Rodley, Victor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall B. Seetulsingh,
Anja Seibert-Fohr, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili, Margo Waterval and Andrei Paul
Zlatescu.
** A joint opinion (dissenting) by Committee members Yuval Shany and Dheerujlall B. Seetulsingh is
appended to the present Views.
1
The Covenant and the Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 23 March 1976.
2