CAT/C/47/D/347/2008 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. 347/2008 Decision taken by the Committee at its forty-seventh session, from 31 October to 25 November 2011 Submitted by: N.B-M. (not represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Switzerland Date of complaint: 10 April 2008 (initial submission) Date of decision: 14 November 2011 Subject matter: Deportation of the complainant from Switzerland to the Democratic Republic of the Congo; risk of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment Procedural issues: None Substantive issues: Risk of torture following deportation; risk of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment following deportation Article of the Convention: Article 3 [Annex] GE.12-40160 (E) 300112 310112

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