CAT/C/34/D/233/2003**
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Subject matter (merits) - expulsion of suspected terrorist on national security grounds
from Sweden to Egypt following truncated procedure and receipt of diplomatic assurances
Issues (merits) - procedural obligations inherent in article 3 - existence of real risk of
torture upon expulsion given existence of diplomatic assurances and subsequent course of
events - compliance with duty of co-operation with Committee
Articles of the Convention - 3 and 22
On 20 May 2005, the Committee against Torture adopted the annexed draft as the
Committee’s Decision, under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention in respect of
communication No. 233/2003. The text of the Decision is appended to the present document.
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