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upon his return to Bulgaria does not in itself mean that he would be in a special situation of
vulnerability and in a situation significantly different to many other Dublin returnees,
notwithstanding the necessary treatment of his post-traumatic stress disorder.
10.8 The Committee also considers that, in the present case, the author’s claims mainly
reflect his disagreement with the decision of the State party’s authorities to return him to
Bulgaria as his country of first asylum, and that he failed to explain why that decision is
manifestly unreasonable or arbitrary or amounting to a denial of justice.29 Accordingly, the
Committee cannot conclude that the removal of the author to Bulgaria by the State party
would constitute a violation of article 7 or that the author’s rights under article 2 (3) (a),
read in conjunction with article 7, of the Covenant have been violated in arriving at the
negative asylum decision.
11.
The Committee, acting under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, is of the view
that the author’s removal to Bulgaria would not be a violation by the State party of article 7
of the Covenant. The Committee is, however, confident that the State party will duly inform
the Bulgarian authorities of the author’s removal, in order for the author to be taken charge
of in a manner adapted to his medical and other needs, as required.
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14
See, e.g., P.T. v. Denmark (CCPR/C/113/D/2272/2013), para. 7.4.
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