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 230112 310112

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