CCPR/C/113/D/2091/2011
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
5 June 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 2091/2011
Views adopted by the Committee at its 113th session
(16 March–2 April 2015)
Submitted by:
A.H.G. (represented by counsel, Carole Simone
Dahan) and M.R., the author’s litigation guardian
and niece
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Canada
Date of communication:
28 August 2011 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 29 August 2011
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
25 March 2015
Subject matter:
Deportation from Canada to Jamaica
Procedural issues:
Failure to sufficiently substantiate allegations;
incompatibility ratione materiae with the
Covenant
Substantive issues:
Right to an effective remedy; right to life;
prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment; right to liberty and security
of person; right of all persons deprived of their
liberty to be treated with humanity and with
respect for the inherent dignity of the human
person; right to privacy, family and reputation;
protection of the family
Articles of the Covenant:
Articles 2 (3); 6 (1); 7; 17; and 23 (1)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
Articles 2 and 3
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