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Australia, No. 652/2015, E.S. v. Australia, No. 658/2015, M.F. v. Switzerland and No.
666/2015, L.P. v. Australia. In communication No. 549/2013, Kabura v. Burundi, the
Committee found that the State party had committed violations of the complainant’s rights
under article 2 (1), in conjunction with article 1, and articles 12 to 16, in conjunction with
article 11 of the Convention. In communication No. 606/2014, Asfari v. Morocco, the
Committee found that the State party had committed violations of the complainant’s rights
under articles 1 and 12 to 16. In communication No. 634/2014, M.B. et al. v. Denmark, the
Committee found that the forcible return of the complainants to the Russian Federation
would constitute a violation by the State party of article 3 of the Convention.
81.
The Committee also found communication No. 691/2015, S.S. v. Sweden,
admissible, three communications, namely, No. 610/2014, R.M. v. Sweden, No. 686/2015,
X v. Switzerland and No. 697/2015, X et al. v. Switzerland, inadmissible and discontinued
the consideration of communications No. 459/2011, M.H. and R.H. v. Switzerland, No.
506/2012, H.A.A. v. Switzerland, No. 588/2014, A.L. v. Canada, No. 603/2014, K.S. v.
Australia, No. 626/2014, S.R. v. Australia, No. 630/2014, S.M. v. Canada, No. 664/2015,
Y.M. v. Switzerland, No. 668/2015, M.M. v. Sweden, No. 670/2015, U.P.A. v. Sweden and
No. 762/2016, A.A. v. Switzerland.
82.
At its sixtieth session, the Committee adopted decisions on the merits in respect of
17 communications. In communication No. 573/2013, C.D. and E.D. v. Georgia, the
Committee found that the State party had committed violations of articles 12 and 13, in
conjunction with article 1 of the Convention, with regard to both complainants, and of
article 16 (1) of the Convention, with regard to the second complainant. In communication
No. 579/2013, G.N. and C.N. v. Burundi, the Committee found that the State party had
committed violations of article 1, and of articles 12 to 14, read alone and in conjunction
with article 1 of the Convention. In communication No. 612/2014, Ntunzwenayo v.
Burundi, the Committee found that the State party had committed violations of article 2 (1),
read in conjunction with article 1, and of articles 11 to 15 of the Convention. In
communication No. 651/2015, Ushenin v. Kazakhstan, the Committee found that the State
party had committed violations of article 1, in conjunction with article 2 (1), and of articles
12 to 14 of the Convention. The Committee found that the forcible return of the
complainants would constitute a violation by the States parties of article 3 of the
Convention in its decisions on communications No. 639/2014, Abdallah v. Switzerland, No.
653/2015, A.M.D. et al. v. Denmark, No. 681/2015, Masumi v. Australia and No. 701/2015,
M.H.K. v. Australia. The Committee found that the forcible return of the complainants
would not constitute a violation by the States parties of article 3 of the Convention in its
decisions on communications No. 465/2011, A.P. v. Finland, No. 515/2012, J.T. v. Canada,
No. 602/2014, S.S.B. v. Denmark, No. 623/2014, N.K. v. Netherlands, No. 648/2015, S.S. v.
Australia, No. 662/2015, M.K. v. Switzerland, No. 699/2015, J.M. v. Canada, No.
708/2015, P.V. v. Australia and No. 716/2016, S.T. v. Australia.
83.
The Committee also found communication No. 677/2015, A.N.M. v. Sweden,
inadmissible and discontinued the consideration of communications No. 446/2011, K.L.W.
v. Australia, No. 576/2013, S.T. v. Canada, No. 601/2014, H.S.M. v. Canada, No.
640/2014, R.K. v. Canada, No. 655/2015, A.S.A.O. v. Switzerland and No. 764/2016, S.N.
and S.P. v. Switzerland.
D.
Follow-up activities
84.
At its twenty-eighth session, in May 2002, the Committee established the function of
Rapporteur for follow-up to decisions on complaints submitted under article 22, which is
currently held by Ms. Pradhan-Malla. At its 527th meeting, on 16 May 2002, the
Committee decided that the Rapporteur should engage, inter alia, in the following activities:
monitoring compliance with the Committee’s decisions by sending notes verbales to States
parties enquiring about measures adopted pursuant to the Committee’s decisions;
recommending to the Committee appropriate action upon the receipt of responses from
States parties, in situations of non-response, and upon the receipt henceforth of all letters
from complainants concerning non-implementation of the Committee’s decisions; meeting
with representatives of the permanent missions of States parties to encourage compliance
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