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:
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