CCPR/C/106/D/1912/2009
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
9 July 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Communication No. 1912/2009
Views adopted by the Committee at its 106th session
(15 October-2 November 2012)
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GE.13-45840
Submitted by:
Ganesaratnam Thuraisamy
counsel, Kathleen Hadekel)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Canada
Date of communication:
28 October 2009 (initial submission)
Document references:
Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 4 November
2009 (not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views:
31 October 2012
Subject matter:
Deportation to Sri Lanka
Substantive issues:
Right to liberty and security; torture and cruel
and inhuman treatment, right to life
Procedural issues:
Non-substantiation; incompatibility with the
Covenant; and non-exhaustion of domestic
remedies and non-substantiation
Articles of the Covenant:
6, paragraph 1, 7, 9, paragraph 1
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
2, 3 and 5, paragraph 2 (b)
Reissued for technical reasons on 29 July 20013.
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