CAT/C/47/D/351/2008 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 18 January 2012 English Original: French Committee against Torture Communication No. 351/2008 Decision adopted by the Committee at its forty-seventh session, 31 October to 25 November 2011 GE.12-40233 (E) Submitted by: E.L. (not represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Switzerland Date of complaint: 9 May 2008 (initial submission) Date of present decision: 15 November 2011 Subject matter: Deportation of the complainant to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Procedural issues: Insufficiently substantiated allegations; failure to establish prima facie violation of article 3; absence of personal, real and concrete risk of torture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Substantive issues: Risk of torture following deportation of the complainant Articles of the Convention: 3 and 22 270112 010212

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