The author of the communication is S.I., a national of Burundi born in 1970. She submitted the communication in her own name and on behalf of her children, T.I., D.R. and A.M., nationals of Burundi born in 2001, 2003 and 2006, respectively. She claims that, by deporting her and her children to Burundi, the State Party would violate their rights under articles 6, 7 and 13 of the Covenant.
On 14 January 2022, pursuant to rule 94 of its rules of procedure, the Committee, acting through its Special Rapporteurs on new communications and interim measures, requested the State Party to refrain from removing the family to Burundi while the communication was pending before the Committee.
In June 2022, the State Party submitted observations on admissibility and the merits of the communication. In May 2023, the author submitted comments on the State Party’s observations.
On 26 June 2025, the State Party requested the discontinuance of the communication, noting that, on an unknown date, the author and her children had left Sweden voluntarily and had travelled to Belgium. In June 2025, the migration authorities in Belgium had requested that the State Party receive the author and her children, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 (the Dublin III Regulation). The State Party’s authorities had accepted the requests concerning S.I., T.I. and D.R., and the request concerning A.M. was pending.
On 4 July 2025, counsel confirmed that the author and her children had all left the State Party for Belgium. S.I. had stated that the family had left Sweden out of fear that the deportation decision against them would be enforced. Counsel confirmed that the author no longer wished to pursue the communication.
On 17 July 2025, the Committee, in the light of the author’s departure from the State Party and her wish not to pursue the communication, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 4080/2022.