CAT/C/38/D/296/2006
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ANNEX
DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE UNDER ARTICLE 22 OF THE
CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR
DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Thirty-eighth session
Concerning
Communication No. 296/2006
Submitted by:
E. V. I. (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of the complaint:
2 June 2006 (initial submission)
The Committee against Torture, established under Article 17 of the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 1 May 2007,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 296/2006, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by E. V. I. under article 22 of the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainant and
the State party,
Adopts the following decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture.
1.1 The complainant is E. V. I., an Azerbaijani national born in 1979, currently awaiting
deportation from Sweden. He claims that his forced return to Azerbaijan would constitute a
violation by Sweden of article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment. He is not represented by counsel.
1.2 In accordance with article 22, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Committee
transmitted the communication to the State party on 13 June 2006, and requested it, under
rule 108, paragraph 1 of the Committee's rules of procedure, not to expel the complainant to
Azerbaijan while his complaint is under consideration by the Committee. The State party
subsequently informed the Committee that the complainant had not been deported.
The facts as presented by the complainant
2.1 The complainant graduated from a university in Azerbaijan with a degree in law and
then pursued a masters degree in the Netherlands. As a university student in Azerbaijan, he
became actively involved in politics and joined the “Musavat” opposition party, where he