CAT/C/47/D/381/2009
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
17 January 2012
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 381/2009
Decision adopted by the Committee at its forty-seventh session, 31
October to 25 November 2011
Submitted by:
Abolghasem Faragollah et al. (represented by
counsel, Urs Ebnöther)
Alleged victim:
The complainants
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
17 April 2009 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
21 November 2011
Subject matter:
Deportation of the complainant from
Switzerland to the Islamic Republic of Iran;
risk of torture and cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment
Procedural issues:
GE.12-40167 (E)
Substantive issues:
Risk of torture following deportation; risk of
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment following deportation
Article of the Convention:
Article 3
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