CERD UNITED NATIONS International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination Distr. RESTRICTED∗ CERD/C/71/D/40/2007 8 August 2007 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Seventy-first session (30 July – 17 August 2007) OPINION 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 [ANNEX] ∗ Made public by decision of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. GE.07-43509