CAT/C/65/D/584/2014 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 27 March 2019 English Original: French Committee against Torture Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 584/2014*, ** Communication submitted by: B.M. (represented by counsel, Florence Rouiller) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Switzerland Date of complaint: 20 January 2014 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Risk of torture in the event of return to the Republic of Moldova Having been informed by the State party that on 1 May 2018 the complainant had obtained a residence permit in Switzerland following his marriage to a German national and that he was consequently no longer at risk of being returned to the Republic of Moldova, the Committee, meeting on 15 November 2018, found that communication No. 584/2014 had become moot and decided to discontinue consideration of the communication. * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-fifth session (12 November–7 December 2018). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Essadia Belmir, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Sébastien Touzé, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov and Honghong Zhang. GE.19-05064 (E) 270319 270319 

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