CAT/C/48/D/424/2010
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
9 July 2012
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 424/2010
Decision adopted by the Committee at its forty-eighth session, 7 May to
1 June 2012
GE.12-43949
Submitted by:
M.Z.A. (represented by counsel, Emma
Persson)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of complaint:
3 June 2010 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
22 May 2012
Subject matter:
Deportation of the complainant to Azerbaijan
Procedural issue:
Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issue:
Prohibition of refoulement
Articles of the Convention:
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