CAT/C/46/D/357/2008
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: Restricted*
1 July 2011
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Forty-sixth session
9 May–3 June 2011
Decision
Communication No. 357/2008
Submitted by:
Fuad Jahani (represented by counsel,
Mr. Urs Ebnöther)
Alleged victim:
Fuad Jahani
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
9 October 2008 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
23 May 2011
Subject matter:
Deportation from Switzerland to the Islamic
Republic of Iran, with alleged risk of torture
and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Risk of torture following deportation; risk of
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment following deportation
Article of the Convention:
3
[Annex]
*
GE.11-43857
Made public by decision of the Committee against Torture.