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CCPR/C/145/D/3726/2020

K.M. v. Denmark

UNO-Menschenrechtsausschuss (CCPR) · 2026-03-16 · en UN

Decision; Subjects: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, DENMARK; [CCPR: UNO-Pakt II, Internationaler Pakt über bürgerliche und politische Rechte; Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques; Patto II]

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GE.26-04513 (E) 160426 160426 Human Rights Committee Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 3726/2020*, ** Communication submitted by: K.M. (represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The author State Party: Denmark Date of communication: 9 February 2020 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Extradition to South Africa 1. The author of the communication is K.M., a national of Latvia born in 1973. She alleges that her extradition to South Africa by the State Party, in connection to the custody battle between her and her children’s father, violated her rights under articles 7 and 14 of the Covenant. 2. On 24 March 2020, the communication was registered. 3. On 20 July 2020, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and the merits of the communication, which were transmitted to the author on 26 August 2020. 4. On 23 December 2020 and 5 April 2023, reminders were sent to the author to submit her comments on the State Party’s observations. The author was informed that, in the absence of a response by 5 June 2023, the communication might be discontinued. 5. On 16 March 2026, the Committee, in the light of the fact that it had received no response from the author, with whom it had apparently lost contact, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 3726/2020.

* Adopted by the Committee at its 145th session (2–19 March 2026). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Wafaa Ashraf Moharram Bassim, Rodrigo A. Carazo, Yvonne Donders, Carlos Ramón Fernández Liesa, Laurence R. Helfer, Konstantin Korkelia, Dalia Leinarte, Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Akmal Saidov, Ivan Šimonović, Soh Changrok, Tijana Šurlan, Teraya Koji, Hélène Tigroudja and Imeru Tamerat Yigezu. United Nations CCPR/C/145/D/3726/2020 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 17 April 2026 Original: English