CCPR/C/117/D/2379/2014 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 22 September 2016 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2379/2014*, ** Communication submitted by: Ms. Obah Hussein Ahmed (represented by the Danish Refugee Council) Alleged victims: The author and her four children State party: Denmark Date of communication: 11 April 2014 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 17 April 2014 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 7 July 2016 Subject matter: Deportation to Italy Procedural issues: Substantiation of claims Substantive issues: Torture; cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Article of the Covenant: 7 Article of the Optional Protocol: 2 1.1 The author of the communication is Ms. Obah Hussein Ahmed, a Somali national 1 from Qalimow, Somalia, who was 36 years old when the communication was submitted. * Adopted by the Committee at its 117th session (20 June-15 July 2016). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Yadh Ben Achour, Lazhari Bouzid, Sarah Cleveland, Olivier de Frouville, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Yuji Iwasawa, Ivana Jelić, Photini Pazartzis, Sir Nigel Rodley, Fabián Omar Salvioli, Dheerujlall Seetulsingh, Yuval Shany, Konstantine Vardzelashvili and Margo Waterval. Two individual opinions signed by six Committee members are appended to the present Views. GE.16-16369(E) 

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