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FIJ (on behalf of EOJ, SJ and EJ) v Sweden

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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FIJ (on behalf of EOJ, SJ and EJ) v Sweden
   
Issue: Whether the deportation to Nigeria of a family that included 2 children with various disabilities, including autism and intellectual disability, would breach various articles of the CRPD; whether the failure to hear from one of the children, who was 7 at the time the domestic proceedings to challenge removal were commenced, breached Art 7(3) CRPD.
   
Court: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
   
Reference:   CRPD/C/31/D/104/2023
   
Neutral Citation:  
   
Judge(s): Muhannad Salah al-Azzeh, Rosa Idalia Aldana Salguero, Rehab Mohammed Boresli, Gerel Dondovdorj, Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, Vivian Fernández de Torrijos, Odelia Fitoussi, Amalia Eva Gamio Ríos, Laverne Jacobs, Samuel Njuguna Kabue, Kim Mi Yeon, Alfred Kouadio Kouassi, Abdelmajid Makni, Floyd Morris, Markus Schefer and Saowalak Thongkuay.
   
Date: 08 October 2024