CCPR/C/114/D/2393/2014
Annex
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5 (4) of
the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights (114th session)
concerning
Communication No. 2393/2014*
Submitted by:
K1 (represented by Marianne Volund)
Alleged victim:
The author
State Party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
19 May 2014
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 16 July 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 2426/2014, submitted to
it by Mr K 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 (4) of the Optional Protocol
1.1
The author of the communication is Mr. K, an Afghan national born on 1 June 1987.
He is facing deportation from Denmark to Afghanistan. He claims that his forced return to
Afghanistan would entail a violation of articles 7 and 19 of the Covenant. He is represented
by counsel, Marianne Volund.
1.2
On 19 May 2014, the Special Rapporteur on new communications and interim
measures, acting on behalf of the Committee, requested that the State party refrain from
returning the author to Afghanistan while his communication was pending before the
Committee. On 20 May, the State party suspended the execution of the deportation order
against the author. On 19 November, the State party requested that interim measures be
* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
1
2
communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Olivier de Frouville, Yuji
Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Mauro Politi, Sir Nigel Rodley,
Víctor Manuel Rodríguez-Rescia, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Anja Seibert-Fohr,
Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval.
Pursuant to rule 91 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, Sarah Cleveland did not participate in the
consideration of this communication.
The author has requested that his name be kept confidential.