CAT/C/47/D/444/2010
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
18 January 2012
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 444/2010
Decision adopted by the Committee at its forty-seventh session, 31
October to 25 November 2011
GE.12-40240
Submitted by:
Toirjon Abdussamatov and 28 other
complainants (represented by counsel,
Christine Laroque, ACAT-France)
Alleged victims:
The complainants
State party:
Kazakhstan
Date of complaint:
24 December 2010 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
15 November 2011
Subject matter:
Extradition of the complainants to Uzbekistan
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture upon return to the country of
origin
Procedural issue:
N/A
Article of the Convention:
3