CAT/C/47/D/353/2008
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
16 January 2011
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 353/2008
Decision adopted by the Committee at its forty-seventh session, 31
October to 25 November 2011
GE.12-40111
Submitted by:
Dmytro Slyusar (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Ukraine
Date of complaint:
28 July 2008 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
14 November 2011
Subject matter:
Ill-treatment in detention
Procedural issue:
Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Torture, failure to conduct prompt and
impartial investigation
Articles of the Convention:
1, 2, 12, 13 and 14.