CAT/C/47/D/365/2008 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 16 January 2012 Original: English Committee against Torture Communication No. 365/2008 Decision adopted by the Committee at its forty-seventh session, 31 October to 25 November 2011 GE.12-40123 Submitted by: S.K. and R.K. (unrepresented) Alleged victims: The complainants State party: Sweden Date of the complaint: 19 November 2008 (initial submission) Date of decision: 21 November 2011 Subject matter: Deportation of the complainants to Afghanistan Procedural issue: Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issue: Prohibition of refoulement Article of the Convention: 3

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