The author of the communication is H.O.H.K., a national of Morocco born in 1978. He claimed that the State Party had violated his rights under articles 13, 14 and 17 of the Covenant by failing to provide him with adequate legal counsel or an interpreter during his deportation proceedings.
On 12 May 2020, the communication was registered.
On 21 May 2021, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and the merits of the communication, which were transmitted to the author for comments on 22 July 2021.
On 3 April 2023, a reminder was sent to the author to submit his 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.
On 5 April 2023, the author informed the Committee that he wished to withdraw the communication.
On 16 March 2026, the Committee, in the light of the author’s request to withdraw the communication, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 3751/2020.