CCPR/C/121/D/2770/2016 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 11 December 2017 Original: English Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2770/2016*, ** Communication submitted by: O.A. (represented by counsel, Cecilia Vejby Andersen) Alleged victim: The author State party: Denmark Date of communication: 27 May 2016 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure transmitted to the State party on 29 January 2014 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 7 November 2017 Subject matter: Deportation to Greece of an unaccompanied minor Procedural issue: Lack of substantiation Substantive issues: Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; refoulement; rights of the child Articles of the Covenant: 7 and 24 Article of the Optional Protocol: 2 1.1 The author of the communication is O.A., a national of the Syrian Arab Republic. He claims that he was born on 1 June 20001 and that his deportation to Greece by the State party would constitute a violation of articles 7 and 24 of the Covenant. He is represented by counsel, Cecilia Vejby Andersen of the Danish Refugee Council. 1.2 On 30 May 2016, pursuant to rule 92 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the Special Rapporteur on new communications and interim measures, on behalf of the Committee, requested the State party to refrain from deporting the author to Greece while his case was under consideration by the Committee. On 1 June 2016, the Refugee Appeals Board suspended the time limit for the author’s departure from Denmark in accordance with the Committee’s request. * Adopted by the Committee at its 121st session (16 October−10 November 2017). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Ilze 1 Brands Kehris, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Christof Heyns, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Mauro Politi, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany and Margo Waterval. See paras. 2.5 and 4.4. GE.17-22218(E) 

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