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UN Human Rights Committee (HRC)

The Human Rights Committee is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its State parties.

All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Covenant and then whenever the Committee requests (usually every four years). The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of "concluding observations”.  Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/
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B.B. v. Sweden (Communication No. 3069/2015)

The Committee considered that the State party failed to adequately assess the author’s real, personal and foreseeable risk of returning to Afghanistan, in particular taking into account his father’s alleged threats of revenge and his trauma as a result of parental abuse. Accordingly, the Committee considers that the State party failed to give due consideration to the consequences of the author’s personal situation in Afghanistan and concludes that his removal to Afghanistan by the State party would constitute a violation of articles 6 and 7 of the Covenant.

30 April 2021 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Human rights law | Countries: Afghanistan - Sweden

A.E. v. Sweden

28 May 2020 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: Nigeria - Sweden

J.I. v. Sweden

7.6 In the present case, the Committee notes the finding of the Migration Agency that, while claiming a risk of harm in Afghanistan because of his Christian faith, the author failed to present sufficient evidence to substantiate his claim that his faith had attracted the attention of: the Afghan authorities through his texts on social media networks and his appearance in the Swedish media; the staff members of the Afghan Embassy in Stockholm; and other Afghan detainees in the migration detention centre. The Committee also finds that although the author contests the assessment and findings of the Swedish authorities, he has not presented any evidence to the Committee to substantiate his claim that he has been targeted by the Afghan authorities on the basis of his Christianity, or that his alleged Christianity is indeed known to the Afghan authorities. 7.7 The Committee considers that the information at its disposal demonstrates that the State party took into account all the elements available when evaluating the risk of irreparable harm faced by the author upon his return to Afghanistan. The Committee also considers that, while the author disagrees with the factual conclusions of the State party’s authorities, he has not shown that the Migration Agency’s decision of 30 December 2015 was arbitrary or manifestly erroneous, or that it amounted to a denial of justice.

22 May 2020 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Topic(s): Christian - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Afghanistan - Sweden

Q.A. v. Sweden

20 February 2020 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Topic(s): Atheist / Agnostic - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to life | Countries: Afghanistan - Sweden

Communication no. 2149/2012 : Human Rights Committee : views adopted by the Committee at its 108th session, 8-26 July 2013

26 September 2013 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant : International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights : concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee : Sweden

7 May 2009 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Concluding Observations

Replies to the list of issues (CCPR/C/SWE/Q/6) to be taken up in connection with the consideration of the 6th periodic report of the Government of Sweden (CCPR/C/SWE/6)

3 February 2009 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: States Parties Reports

Report of the Human Rights Committee. Volume 1, 94th session (13-31 October 2008); 95th session (16 March-3 April 2009); 96th session (13-31 July 2009)

2009 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

Mahmoud Walid Nakrash and Liu Qifen v. Sweden

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19 October 2008 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Expulsion - Refoulement - Right to family life | Countries: Sweden

Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant : International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights : 6th periodic report : Sweden

5 December 2007 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: States Parties Reports

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