United Nations
CAT/C/60/D/716/2015
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
14 June 2017
Original: English
Advance unedited version
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 716/2015
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Decision adopted by the Committee at its sixtieth session
(18 April – 12 May 2017)
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GE.17
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Submitted by:
S.T. (represented by counsel, John Phillip
Sweeney from the Edmund Rice Centre)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Australia
Date of complaint:
23 October 2015 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
11 May 2017
Subject matter:
Deportation to Sri Lanka
Procedural issues:
Level of substantiation of claims,
Substantive issues:
Non-refoulement; Risk of torture upon return to
country of origin
Articles of the Convention:
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The following members of the Committee took part in the consideration of the communication:
Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller-Rouassant, Jens
Modvig, Sapana Pradhan-Malla, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Kening Zhang.