CAT/C/46/D/419/2010
Annex
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of
the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (forty-sixth session)
concerning
Communication No. 419/2010
Submitted by:
Yousri Ktiti (represented by Action by
Christians for the Abolition of Torture
ACAT-France)
Alleged victim:
Djamel Ktiti (brother of the claimant)
State party:
Morocco
Date of complaint:
14 April 2010 (initial submission)
The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 26 May 2011,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 419/2010, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by Yousri Ktiti on behalf of his brother Djamel Ktiti under
article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainant,
his counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture
1.1
The complainant is Yousri Ktiti, a French national born on 17 December 1982. He is
submitting the complaint on behalf of his brother, Djamel Ktiti, a French national born on
29 June 1974 and currently being detained at the civilian prison of Salé in Rabat, Morocco,
awaiting extradition to Algeria. The complainant alleges that his brother’s return to Algeria
by Morocco would be a violation of the State party’s obligations under article 3 of the
Convention. He is represented by Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACATFrance).
1.2
In accordance with article 22, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Committee
brought the complaint to the State party’s attention on 19 April 2010. At the same time,
pursuant to rule 108, paragraph 1, of its rules of procedure, the Committee urged the State
party not to proceed with the expulsion to Algeria of the complainant’s brother while his
complaint was under consideration.
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