Distr. RESTRICTED* CAT/C/37/D/288/2006 1 December 2006 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE Thirty-seventh session 6-24 November 2006 DECISION Communication No. 288/2006 Submitted by: H. S. T. (represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Norway Date of complaint: 9 January 2006 (initial submission) Date of the present decision: 16 November 2006 Subject matter: Deportation to face torture and/or cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Substantive issues: Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Procedural issues: None Articles of the Convention: 3 [ANNEX] * Made public by decision of the Committee against Torture. GE.06-45878

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