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. 9/2017 *

Communication submitted by:M.E.B.

Alleged victim:The author

State party:Spain

Date of communication:1 February 2017

Subject matter:Requirement for the author, as an alleged unaccompanied migrant child, to undergo a medical age-determination test, and detention in a centre for migrant adults.

Meeting on 2 June 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, having considered the author’s representative’s request for discontinuance, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication No. 9/2017, 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.