CAT/C/32/D/229/2003 Page 2 ANNEX DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE UNDER ARTICLE 22 OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT Thirty-second session Concerning Communication No. 229/2003 Submitted by: Mr. H. S. V. (represented by counsel, Mr. Bertil Malmlöf) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Sweden Date of complaint: 24 April 2003 (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 12 May 2004, Adopts the following: DECISION ON ADMISSIBILITY 1.1 The complainant is Mr. H. S. V., an Iranian national born in 1948, currently residing in Sweden and awaiting deportation to Iran. He claims that his forcible return to Iran would amount to a violation by Sweden of article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. He is represented by counsel. 1.2 On 25 April 2001, the Committee forwarded the communication to the State party for comments, and requested, under Rule 108, paragraph 1, of the Committee’s

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