Committee on the Rights of the Child

Decision adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure in respect of communication No. 39/2017 *

Submitted by:M.B.

Alleged victim:The author

State party:Spain

Date of communication:19 December 2017

Subject matter: The author, as an alleged unaccompanied migrant child, was required to undergo a medical examination to determine his age and was detained in a centre for adult migrants

Meeting on 31 May 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, having considered the request for discontinuation filed by the author’s representative, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication No. 39/2017, 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.