CAT
UNITED
NATIONS
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment
Distr.
RESTRICTED*
CAT/C/38/D/249/2004
16 May 2007
Original: ENGLISH
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
Thirty-eighth session
(30 April – 18 May 2007)
DECISION
Communication No. 249/2004
Submitted by:
Mr. Nadeem Ahmad Dar (represented by
counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Norway
Date of complaint:
29 March 2004 (initial submission)
Date of the present decision:
11 May 2007
Subject matter: Deportation of complainant from Norway to Pakistan; charge of
blasphemy in Pakistan and risk of death penalty
Procedural issue: request for interim measures
Substantive issues: Present and personal risk of death penalty
Articles of the Convention: 3 and 22
[ANNEX]
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Made public by decision of the Committee against Torture.
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