CERD/C/71/D/40/2007 Page 2 ANNEX OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION UNDER ARTICLE 14 OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Seventy-First session concerning Communication No. 40/2007 Submitted by: Murat Er (represented by counsel, Ms. Line Bøgsted) Alleged victim: The petitioner State party: Denmark Date of communication: 20 December 2006 (initial submission) Date of present decision: 8 August 2007 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, established under article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Meeting on 8 August 2007 Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 40/2007, submitted to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on behalf of Mr. Murat Er under article 14 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Having taken into account all information made available to it by the petitioner of the communication, his counsel and the State party, Adopts the following: OPINION 1. The communication, dated 20 December 2006, is submitted by Mr. Murat Er, a Danish citizen of Turkish origin born in 1973. He claims that Denmark has violated article 2,