CCPR/C/125/D/2498/2014 United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 24 May 2019 Original: English Human Rights Committee Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2498/2014*, **, *** Communication submitted by: Ekaterina Abdoellaevna, on behalf of herself and her minor daughter, Y (represented by counsel, W.G. Fischer) Alleged victims: The author and Y State party: The Netherlands Date of communication: 31 July 2014 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 10 December 2014 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 26 March 2019 Subject matter: Access of stateless individuals to child benefits Procedural issue: Admissibility – exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issues: Best interests of the child; children’s rights; discrimination; discrimination on other grounds; family rights; measures of protection; nationality; stateless persons Articles of the Covenant: 23 (1), 24 (1) and (3) and 26, read in conjunction with 23 (1) and 24 (1) Article of the Optional Protocol: 5 (2) (b) 1. The author of the communication is Ekaterina Abdoellaevna, who was born in Uzbekistan on 11 January 1989 and is now stateless. She submits the communication on behalf of herself and her minor daughter, Y, born on 15 May 2008 in the Netherlands. The author claims that the State party has violated her and Y’s rights under articles 23 (1), 24 (3) and 26, read in conjunction with articles 23 (1) and 24 (1), of the Covenant, and Y’s rights * Adopted by the Committee at its 125th session (4–29 March 2019). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Christopher Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi. *** A joint opinion by Committee members Marcia V.J. Kran and Yuval Shany (concurring) is annexed to the present Views. GE.19-08551(E) 