Committee on the Rights of the Child

Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure in respect of communication No. 18/2017 *

Communication submitted by:R.L.

Alleged victim:The author

State party:Spain

Date of communication:19 May 2017

Subject matter:Subjection of an unaccompanied child migrant to a medical test for determination of age; detention in a migrant centre for adults

Meeting on 25 January 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, having considered the request for discontinuance made by the representative of the author and by the State party, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication No. 18/2017, in accordance with rule 26 of its rules of procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure.