CAT/C/32/D/196/2002 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. 196/2002 Submitted by: Mr. M.A.M. (represented by counsel, Mr. Ingemar Sahlström) Alleged victim: Mr. M.A.M. State party: Sweden Date of complaint: 3 January 2002 The Committee against Torture, established under Article 17 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Meeting on 14 May 2004, Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 196/2002, submitted to the Committee against Torture by Mr. M.A.M. 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: 1.1 1 The complainant is Mr. M.A.M., a Bangladeshi citizen, born on 1 January 1968, currently residing in Sweden, where he has sought asylum. He claims that his removal to Bangladesh1 if his refugee claim is rejected would constitute a violation of article 3 of the Convention by Sweden2. He is represented by counsel. The Convention entered into force for Bangladesh on 4 November 1998, but the State party has not ratified article 22 of the Convention. 2 The Convention entered into force for Sweden on 26 June 1987, and the State party has ratified the Committee’s competence under article 22 of the Convention.

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